Job 41:9

Hope — The hope of taking or conquering him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 formi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 40:8-14 i...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? Behold, the hope - If thou miss thy first advantage, there...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Speech of the Almighty (concluded) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 c...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Parable of the Crocodile Job 41:1-34 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 bo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ly...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 anot...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of Leviathan. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 41:1 . “ Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook .” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARA...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here sugge...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 41:1-18 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:34 ; Isaiah 28:19 ; Luke 21:11

⁹ Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Related Commentaries of Job 41:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 41:9