Job 41 · Verse 10

Job 41:10

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Job 41:10, King James Version

Job 41:10 in other translations

BSBNo one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
WEBNone is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
ASVNone is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
YLTNone so fierce that he doth awake him, And who is he before Me stationeth himself?
DARBYNone is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
BBEHe is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
WebsterNone is so fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?

What does Job 41:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 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 thus far given of this terrible animal.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אַ֭כְזָר'Akh.zorfierceH393
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
יְעוּרֶ֑נּוּye.'u.Re.nuhe will rouse itH5782
וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?H4310
ה֝֗וּאHu'thatH1931
לְפָנַ֥יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
יִתְיַצָּֽב\׃yit.ya.Tzavwill he take his standH3320

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:10

  • Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  • Jeremiah 12:5

    If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

  • Numbers 24:9

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

  • Job 3:8

    Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • Genesis 49:9

    Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

  • Psalms 2:11-12

    Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  • Ezekiel 8:17-18

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dare.
Ge 49:9; Nu 24:9; Ps 2:11,12; Eze 8:17,18
who.
9:4; 40:9; Jer 12:5; 1Co 10:22

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Context

  • Job 41:9

    Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • Job 41:10

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

  • Job 41:11

    Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

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Job 41:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Nadie hay tan osado que lo despierte: ¿quién pues podrá estar delante de mí?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ses éternuements font jaillir la lumière, et ses yeux sont comme les paupières de l’aurore.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aus seinem Rachen gehen Fackeln, sprühen feurige Funken hervor.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.