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

8If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows. You won’t try that again! 9No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down. And since no one dares to disturb it, who then can stand up to me? 11Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine. 12“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs and its enormous strength and 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, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
• Numbers 24:9Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
• Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.
• Ezekiel 8:17“Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?
• Job 9:4For God is so wise and so mighty. Who has ever challenged him successfully?
• Job 40:9Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
• Jeremiah 12:5“If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are 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