Job 41:9
7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10 No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11 Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
- KJV
- Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
- WEB
- Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
- ASV
- Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
- DARBY
- Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
- BLB
- Behold, the hope of him is false. [One is] even cast down at the sight of him.
- ÅB
- Nei, den som våger slikt, hans håp blir sveket; allerede ved synet av den styrter han til jorden.
[^1]: flodhesten.
[^2]: d.e. dens tenner.
[^3]: krokodillen. - OTB
- Se, din forventning er forgjeves;
Vil du bli nedslått bare ved synet av ham? - B1930
- Nei, den som våger slikt, hans håp blir sveket; allerede ved synet av den styrter han til jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:11
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:19
As 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:34
You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
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