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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:10

None is so fierce that dare stir him up . The crocodile is often seen asleep, or nearly asleep, upon sand-banks washed by the Nile. He would be a bold man who should creep near, and stir him up . Who then is able to stand before me? Here we reach the point whereto the whole argument has been working up. If man cannot cope with creatures, which are the work of God's hands, how much leas can he presume to cope with him who is their Maker! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:11

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? i.e. "Who hath laid me under any obligation, so that I should be bound to fall in with his views, and take such a course as he might prescribe?" The allusion is to Job's persistent demand for a hearing—a controversy ( Job 9:34 , Job 9:35 ; Job 10:3 ; Job 13:3 , Job 13:22 ; Job 23:3-7 , etc.)—a trial, in which he shall plead with God, and God with him, upon even terms as it were, and so the truth concerning him, his sins, his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:11

The universal rule of God. This is witnessed to even by leviathan. The splendid terror of the water-master is depicted in order that we may be made to feel in some way how great God must be, who made him and who rules over him. I. IT INCLUDES THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE . All nature is as much under the hand and power of God to-day as when it first appeared at the dawn of creation. Even the disorder and confusion that have entered into nature have not been able to tear it away from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:10

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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:11

Who hath prevented me? - As this verse is here rendered, its meaning, and the reason why it is introduced, are not very apparent. It almost looks, indeed, as if it were an interpolation, or had been introduced from some other place, and torn from its proper connection. Dr. Harris proposes to remove the principal difficulty by translating it,“Who will stand before me, yea, presumptuously?Whatsoever is beneath the whole heaven is mine.I cannot be confounded at his limbs and violence,Nor at his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 41:9-10

Job 41:9-10. 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. Such is even the sight of the whale to mariners, who fear the overturning of their vessel. And such is the sight of the crocodile, by which alone some have been frightened out of their senses. None is so fierce Hebrew, אכזר , achzer, so resolute, that dare stir him up When he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 41:11

Job 41:11 . Who hath prevented me? Namely, with offices or services done for me, and thereby hath laid the first obligation upon me, for which I am indebted to him? That I should repay him? Should be engaged to requite his favours? Who came beforehand with me in kindnesses? inasmuch as all men, and all things under heaven, are mine, made by my hand, and enriched with all their endowments by my favour. The apostle quotes this sentiment for the silencing of all flesh in God’s presence,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 41:1-34

Two beasts (40:15-41:34)Before Job accepts the challenge to govern the moral order, God warns him that it is far more difficult than governing the natural and physical order. Therefore, Job must first consider what power he has over, for instance, the beasts. Two examples are sufficient to impress upon Job that he faces an impossibility. The first of these is the monster Behemoth, generally thought to be the hippopotamus. It is among the strongest creatures of God’s creation (15-18),... read more

E.W. Bullinger