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Job 41:10

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Fierce - courageous; foolhardy. If a man dare not attack one of my creatures (Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9), who will dare (as Job had wished) oppose himself (Psalms 2:2) to ME, THE CREATOR? This is the main drift of the description of leviathan.

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See also Job 41:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 41:10. _NONE_ 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 repo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NONE 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 formida...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 41 _ 1. Leviathan, the untamable beast of power (Job 41:1)_ 2. Its description (Job 41:12) 3. His remarkable strength (Job 41:25)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 40:15 TO JOB 41:34. BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8 is God's reply to Job's criticism of His righteousness; the des...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 41. LEVIATHAN. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile cannot be led about by a rope round his tongue and low...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In these verses the speaker turns aside from describing the invincibility of Leviathan to impress the moral which he intends to teach by introducing the monster. If none dare stir up this creature, wh...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World? All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 41:1-34 41 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Canst thou put a rope Into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? 3 Will he make ma...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECOND SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now described. If Job cannot control the crocodile, dare...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 41 GOD FINISHES HIS SPEECH...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God created all the animals. So God is more powerful than any animal. And God is also more powerful than the devil. So people who trust God do not need to be afraid of the devil. Instead, they should...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NONE IS SO FIERCE THAT DARE STIR HIM UP. — “If, therefore, the creatures of My hand strike so much terror, how far more terrible must I be? If thou canst not save thyself from them, how much less cans...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Job 41:2]_ לֹֽא ־אַ֭כְזָר כִּ֣י יְעוּרֶ֑נּוּ וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PARABLE OF THE CROCODILE Job 41:1 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these fierce creations. Can Job catch him with a rope or a...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to (a) stand before me? (a) If no one dare stand against a whale, which is but a creature, who is able to compare with God the creator?...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fire, when they spout water, (Menochius) or pursue their prey open mouthed. This description is extremely poetical, like that of anger, 2 Kings xxii. 9. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (3) Will he make m...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NONE [IS SO] FIERCE THAT DARE STIR HIM UP,.... This seems best to agree with the crocodile, who frequently lies down and sleeps on the ground q, and in the water by night r; see Ezekiel 29:3; when it...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Ver. 10. _None is so fierce that dare stir him up_] Unless he be ambitious of his own destruction; cruel (so the word h...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, the hope of him is in vain_ That is, the hope of taking, or conquering him. _Shall not one be cast down, even at the sight of him?_ Not only the fight, but the sight of him is most frightful....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    None is so fierce, rash or foolhardy, THAT DARE STIR HIM UP, although, after all, he is a mere animal. WHO, THEN, IS ABLE TO STAND BEFORE ME? Who will dare to appear before the Lord as His adversary?...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S WEAKNESS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CROCODILE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was another similar animal, now extinct. Job could use a hook...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "WHO THEN IS HE THAT CAN STAND BEFORE ME?" The point is that neither Job nor any man is qualified to challenge leviathan, then clearly one is not qualified to take on his Maker! "The Lord then declar...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT DARE STIR HIM UP, when he sleepeth or is quiet. None dare provoke him to the battle. TO STAND BEFORE ME; to contend with me his Creator, as thou, Job, dost, when one of my creatures is too hard f...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 41:10 fierce H393 up H5782 (H8799) (H8675) H5782 (H8686) stand H3320 (H8691) against...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job concluded. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: Man is utterly unable to contend against the Almighty. If the inferior creatures keep man in awe, how wonderful must the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 41:1. _Canst thou draw out leviathan?_ This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1, and is rendered _whale, dragon,_ and _serpent._ Men are now satisfied that it is not th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Canst thou draw out Leviathan?_ BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here suggests a few moral reflections. I. The prodigality of c...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 41:1 The Lord describes the power of LEVIATHAN in terms of man’s inability to subdue him. He compares such power to his own (vv. Job 41:9)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 41:9 If people are unable to subdue Leviathan, who is a part of God’s creation, then how much more cautious should Job be about his desire to bring his case and STAND BEFORE God....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 41:1. “_Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook_.” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARABIC, “the dragon.” The VULGATE and TARGUM leave it untra...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 41:1 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scripture. It forms,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And then in the next chapter God speaks of the leviathan. Now just what the leviathan is, they're not quite sure. Some think that it is perhaps a crocodile, some think that it's perhaps even a dragon,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:22; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 8:18; Genesis 49:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Stand — To the battle. Me — To contend with me who created him?...

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