Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 41:9
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.
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.
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
_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....
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...
The impossibility of capturing the animal....
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?...
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...
_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...
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.'...
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...
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...
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...
_[Job 41:1]_ הֵן ־תֹּחַלְתֹּ֥ו נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲ גַ֖ם...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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....
JOB'S WEAKNESS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CROCODILE...
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...
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...
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...
Job 41:9 hope H8431 false H3576 (H8738) overwhelmed H2904 (H8714) sight H4758 shall -...
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...
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...
_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...
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)....
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....
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...
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,...
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,...
1 Samuel 3:11; Deuteronomy 28:34; Isaiah 28:19; Luke 21:11...
Hope — The hope of taking or conquering him....