Job 41:10

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse it;Who then is he that can stand before Me?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
No man is so fierce that dare stirre him vp: Who is able to stande before me?

Darby Translation
None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?

New King James Version
No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

Literal Translation
None is so fierce as to dare to stir him up. Who then is able to stand before Me?

Easy-to-Read Version
No one is brave enough to wake him up and make him angry. "Well, no one can challenge me either!

World English Bible
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

King James Version (1611)
None is so fierce that dare stirre him vp: who then is able to stand before me?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There darre none be so bolde, as to rayse him vp. Who is able to stonde before me?

American Standard Version
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

Bible in Basic English
He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

Update Bible Version
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

Webster's Bible Translation
None [is so] fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?

New English Translation
Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

Contemporary English Version
And if it is too fierce for anyone to attack, who would dare oppose me?

Complete Jewish Bible
"When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn.

Geneva Bible (1587)
None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me?

George Lamsa Translation
One cannot go far off when Leviathan is stirred up; but who then is able to stand before me?

Amplified Bible
"No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan; Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast's creator]?

Hebrew Names Version
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

New Living Translation
And since no one dares to disturb it, who then can stand up to me?

New Life Bible
No one is so powerful that he would wake him. Who then can stand before Me?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.

English Revised Version
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?

Berean Standard Bible
No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

New Revised Standard
No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?

Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-1) I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance?

Lexham English Bible
Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it? Who then is he who would stand before it?

English Standard Version
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

New American Standard Bible
"No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me?

New Century Version
No one is brave enough to make it angry, so who would be able to stand up against me?

Good News Translation
When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him.

Christian Standard Bible®
No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against Me?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?

Young's Literal Translation
None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who [is] he before Me stationeth himself?

Revised Standard Version
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he that can stand before me?

Contextual Overview

¹ 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 many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? ⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? ⁸ Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. ⁹ Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? ¹⁰ None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dare: Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:9, Psalms 2:11, Psalms 2:12, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18

who: Job 9:4, Job 40:9, Jeremiah 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:22

Reciprocal: Job 3:8 - their mourning Jeremiah 49:19 - that shepherd Jeremiah 50:44 - who is a

Cross-References

Genesis 37:36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:20
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Genesis 41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

Gill's Notes on the 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 is very dangerous to arouse him; and few, if any so daring, have courage enough to do it: though whales have been seen lying near shore asleep, and looked like rocks, even forty of them together s;

who then is able to stand before me? This is the inference the Lord draws from hence, or the use he makes of it; that if this creature is so formidable and terrible, that it is dangerous to arouse and provoke him, and there is no standing before him or against him; then how should anyone be able to stand before the Lord, who made this creature, whenever he is angry? see Psalms 76:7.

q Plin. l. 8. c. 25. Solin. c. 45. r Ammian. Marcellin. l. 22. s See the North-West Fox, p. 205.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 formidable that man dare not attack it, how can he contend with the great Creator? This may perhaps be designed as a reproof of Job. He had expressed a desire to carry his cause before God, and to urge argument before him in vindication of himself. God here shows him how hopeless must be a contest with the Almighty. Man trembles and is disarmed of his courage by even the sight of one of the creatures of God. Overpowered with fear, he retires from the contemplated contest, and flees away. How then could he presume to contend with God? What hope could he have in a contest with him?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 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.