Job 41:10

Job 41:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
• New International Version (NIV)No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

Context of Job 41:10

8Lay your hand on it. Think of the struggle! Don’t do it again! 9Certainly, any hope ⌞of defeating it⌟ is a false hope. Doesn’t the sight of it overwhelm you? No one is brave enough to provoke Leviathan. Then who can stand in front of me? 11Who can confront me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me! 12“I will not be silent about Leviathan’s limbs, its strength, or its graceful form.

Job 41:10 word by word

לֹֽא־אַ֭כְזָר כִּ֣י יְעוּרֶ֑נּוּ וּמִ֥י ה֝֗וּא לְפָנַ֥י יִתְיַצָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• fierceאַכְזָר'akzâr · cruelH393
• that dare stir him upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• who then is able to standיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Job 41:10

• Genesis 49:9Judah, you are a lion cub. You have come back from the kill, my son. He lies down and rests like a lion. He is like a lioness. Who dares to disturb him?
• Numbers 24:9His people lie down ⌞and⌟ rest like a lion. They are like a lioness. Who dares to disturb them? Those who bless you will be blessed! Those who curse you will be cursed!”
• Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
• Ezekiel 8:17He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this? Isn’t it bad enough that the people of Judah have done these disgusting things that you have seen here? Yet, they also fill the land with violence and continue to provoke me even more. Look how they insult me in the worst possible way.
• Job 9:4“God is wise in heart and mighty in power. Who could oppose him and win?
• Job 40:9Do you have power like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
• Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced against others on foot, and they have tired you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in open country, how can you live in the jungle along the Jordan River?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

Commentaries on Job 41:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up - The most courageous of men dare not provoke the crocodile to fight, or even attempt to rouse him, when, sated with fish, he takes his repose among the reeds. The strongest of men cannot match him. Who then is able - If thou canst not stand against the crocodile, one of the creatures of my hand, how canst thou resist me, who am his Maker? This is the use which God makes of the formidable description which he has…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up - No one has courage to rouse and provoke him. Who then is able to stand before me? - The meaning of this is plain. It is, “If one of my creatures is so formidable that man dare not attack it, how can he contend with the great Creator? This may perhaps be designed as a reproof of Job. He had expressed a desire to carry his cause before God, and to urge argument before him in vindication of himself. God here shows…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. fierce--courageous. If a man dare attack one of My creatures (Ge 49:9; Nu 24:9), who will dare (as Job has wished) oppose himself (Psa 2:2) to Me, the Creator? This is the main drift of the description of leviathan.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:10

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Dawn; Dawning
• 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