Job 41:9
Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
In Context
8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:34You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
Isaiah 28:19As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11
Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part… Read the whole commentary →