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

8each so close to the next, that no air can pass between. 9They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated. “He sneezes out flashes of light; his eyes are like the eyelids of dawn. 11Out of his mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot out. 12Smoke pours from his nostrils, as a boiling pot over burning reeds.

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 49:9A lion’s cub is Judah— from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, lies down like a lion, or like a lioness— who would rouse him?
• Numbers 24:9He crouches like a lion or a lioness— who would rouse him? He who blesses you will be blessed, and he who curses you will be cursed.”
• Psalms 2:11Serve Adonai with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
• Ezekiel 8:17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it too light a thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations they practice here, that they must also fill the land with violence and provoke Me still more? Look, they are putting the twig to My nose!
• Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole?
• Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Jeremiah 12:5“If you raced with those on foot and they wore you out, how can you compete with horses? If you are secure in a land of peace, how will you do in Jordan’s thickets?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

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