Job 41:10

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

Job 41:10 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:10

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 ^F17, and in the water by night ^F18; 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 ^F19;

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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Plin. l. 8. c. 25. Solin. c. 45.
F18 Ammian. Marcellin. l. 22.
F19 See the North-West Fox, p. 205.

Job 41:10 In-Context

8 Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!

9 Behold, the hope of a man is disappointed; he is laid low even at the sight of him.

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

11 Who has given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.