Job 41:9

Job 41:9 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9Any hope of subduing it is false;

the mere sight of it is overpowering.

9“Behold, your expectation is false;

Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him?

9“Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false;

Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?

9Surely hope of overcoming him is false.

Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

9Behold, the hope of him is in vain:

Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

9His niesings make the light to shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

9Behold, the hope of him is in vain.

Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

9No one can possibly control Leviathan.

Just looking at it will terrify you.

9If anyone hopes to catch it,

he is deceiving himself.

As soon as he sees it,

he no longer feels so brave!

9Behold, the hope of him is found a liar, || Also, is one not cast down at his appearance?