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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Job 41:9,10

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. Such is even the sight of the whale to mariners, who fear the overturning of their vessel. And such is the sight of the crocodile, by which alone some have been frightened out of their senses. None is so fierce Hebrew, אכזר, achzer, so resolute, that dare stir him up When he sleepeth or is quiet. This alludes to a custom of this creature, when sated with fish, to come on shore and sleep among the reeds. Who then is able to stand before me? To contend with me his Creator, (as thou Job dost,) when one of my creatures is too hard for him?

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See also Job 41:9,10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 41:9. _BEHOLD, THE HOPE_] If thou miss thy first advantage, there is no hope afterwards: the very sight of this terrible monster would dissipate thy spirit, if thou hadst not a positive adva...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN - That is, the hope of taking him is vain. SHALL NOT ONE BE CAST DOWN EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF HIM? - So formidable is his appearance, that the courage of him who would...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the hope of him is in vain_ Rather, BEHOLD, ONE'S HOPE IS BELIED; lit. _his hope_. The hope of the assailant to overcome Leviathan is disappointed....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The impossibility of capturing the animal....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM, &C.— _Be sure thou strikest home; mind thy blow; rely not on a second stroke,_ Job 41:9. _See, he is deceived in his expectation: will he also faint away at the sight of them?...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BEHOLD, THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN: SHALL NOT ONE BE CAST DOWN EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF HIM?_ _ BEHOLD, THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN: SHALL NOT ONE BE CAST DOWN EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF HIM?_ The hope - of ta...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HOPE OF HIM] i.e. of overcoming him. 10, 11. If the creature is so great, who can withstand the Creator? 11. PREVENTED ME] RV 'first given unto me.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEHOLD THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN — _i.e._, the hope of the rash man who would venture to attack him: at the sight of him, _i.e.,_ the infuriated crocodile....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Job 41:1]_ הֵן ־תֹּחַלְתֹּ֥ו נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲ גַ֖ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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

    Behold, (p) the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him? (p) That is, that trusts to take him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sneezing. When the whale breathes, it causes the water to foam. (Pineda) (Menochius) --- The eyes of the crocodile are also (Haydock) very bright, when out of the water. (Pliny viii. 25.) They appear...

  • 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

    BEHOLD, THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN,.... Of getting the mastery over him, or of taking him; and yet both crocodiles and whales have been taken; nor is the taking of them to be despaired of; but it seem...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him? Ver. 9. _Behold, the hope of him is in vain_] Heb. is lying. A man may promise himseff or others to take the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, the hope of him is in vain, namely, the hope of the man who would risk an encounter with such a monster. SHALL NOT ONE BE CAST DOWN EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF HIM? The very sight of the fierce amphi...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE HOPE OF HIM; either, 1. Of the fish, i.e. the hope of taking or conquering him. Or rather, 2. Of the man who laid hands upon him, as hoping to take him by force, but in vain. SHALL NOT; the prefi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 41:9 hope H8431 false H3576 (H8738) overwhelmed H2904 (H8714) sight H4758 shall -...

  • 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 Samuel 3:11; Deuteronomy 28:34; Isaiah 28:19; Luke 21:11...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hope — The hope of taking or conquering him....

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