Job 41:9

Job 41:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
• New International Version (NIV)Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

Context of Job 41:9

7Job, can you throw spears into Leviathan's body to kill it? Can you shoot arrows into its head? 8If you try to take hold of it, you will never forget the fight! You will never try to do that again! If anyone hopes to catch it, he is deceiving himself. As soon as he sees it, he no longer feels so brave! 10No one is brave enough to wake it. So is anyone brave enough to argue against me? 11Nobody has ever won against me to make me pay them anything. Everything in the whole world belongs to me.

Job 41:9 word by word

הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲגַ֖ם אֶל־מַרְאָ֣יו יֻטָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, the hopeתּוֹחֶ֫לֶתtôcheleth · hopeH8431
• of him is in vainכָּזַבkâzab · to lieH3576
• be cast downטוּלţûl · to castH2904
• even at the sightמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758

Cross-references for Job 41:9

• Deuteronomy 28:34When you see what is happening to you, you will become crazy.
• 1 Samuel 3:11Then the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Listen to me. I am ready to do something great among the Israelite people. When people hear about it, they will shake with fear.
• Isaiah 28:19A flood of punishment will come again and again, and it will carry you away. It will come every morning, and all through the day and the night.’ When you understand this message from the Lord, you will be very afraid.
• Luke 21:11The ground will shake, so that people will be afraid. In many different places, people will be hungry, with no food. Diseases will go from one person to another. Many people will die. Things will also happen in the sky that will frighten people.

Commentaries on Job 41:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Behold, the hope - If thou miss thy first advantage, there is no hope afterwards: the very sight of this terrible monster would dissipate thy spirit, if thou hadst not a positive advantage against his life, or a place of sure retreat to save thine own.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain - That is, the hope of taking him is vain. Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? - So formidable is his appearance, that the courage of him who would attack him is daunted, and his resolution fails. This agrees well also with the crocodile. There is perhaps scarcely any animal whose appearance would be more likely to deter one from attacking him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. the hope--of taking him. cast down--with fear "at the (mere) sight of him."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:9

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary