Job 41:10

Wycliffe Bible

I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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]?

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

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

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

Legacy Standard Bible
No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse it;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?

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.

Darby Translation
None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will 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!

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

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

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

Literal Translation
None is so fierce as to dare to stir him up. 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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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?

Contextual Overview

¹ Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge? ² Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis, ethir schalt perse hyse cheke with `an hook? <sup>3</sup> Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee? <sup>4</sup> Whether he schal make couenaunt with thee, and `thou schalt take him a seruaunt euerlastinge? ⁵ Whether thou schalt scorne hym as a brid, ethir schalt bynde hym to thin handmaidis? ⁶ Schulen frendis `kerue hym, schulen marchauntis departe hym? <sup>7</sup> Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn, and a `leep of fischis with his heed? ⁸ Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke. ⁹ Lo! his hope schal disseyue hym; and in the siyt of alle men he schal be cast doun. ¹⁰ I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?

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
Madianytis seelden Joseph into Egipt to Putifar, chast `and onest seruaunt of Farao, maistir of the chyualrie.

Genesis 39:20
and he bitook Joseph in to prisoun, where the bounden men of the kyng weren kept, and he was closid there.

Genesis 41:2
fro which seuene faire kiyn and ful fatte stieden, and weren fed in the places of mareis;

Genesis 41:3
and othere seuene, foule and leene, camen out of the flood, and weren fed in thilk brenke of the watir, in grene places;

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.