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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)And since no one dares to disturb it, who then can stand up to me?

Context of Job 41:10

8If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again! 9Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering. No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me? 11Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. 12“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and 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 49:9You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
• Numbers 24:9Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse them? “May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”
• Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.
• Ezekiel 8:17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!
• Job 9:4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
• Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
• Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

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