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The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not <i>one</i> be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Indeed, <i>any</i> hope of <i>overcoming</i> him is false; Shall <i>one not</i> be overwhelmed at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, his expectation is a lie; Will he be laid low even at the sight of it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, his [assailant’s] hope <i>and</i> expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Merely a glimpse of this monster makes all courage melt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Certainly, any hope [of defeating it] is a false hope. Doesn't the sight of it overwhelm you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is found a liar, "" Also, is one not cast down at his appearance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, his hope was false: shall he not be cast down at his sight?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 40:28>Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whoever might vainly hope to do so need only see him to be overthrown. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Any hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed at the sight of it?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, Job, you now are set free from your afflictions. So your God will also remove your bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Now your foot is released, also God shall take away your bitterness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, the hope of him is in vain; Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said <i>of him</i>?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/41-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6442" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">God's Power Shown in Leviathan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it! <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên- (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/8431.htm" title="8431: tō·ḥal·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A hope. From yachal; expectation.">hope of overcoming him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3576.htm" title="3576: niḵ·zā·ḇāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To lie, be a liar. A primitive root; to lie, literally or figuratively.">is false.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: hă·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: mar·’āw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">the sight of him</a> <a href="/hebrew/2904.htm" title="2904: yu·ṭāl (V-Hofal-Imperf-3ms) -- To hurl, cast. A primitive root; to pitch over or reel; hence to cast down or out.">overwhelming?</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a></span><br />You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a></span><br />In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/29-3.htm">Ezekiel 29:3</a></span><br />Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26</a></span><br />There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></span><br />Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Amos 9:3</a></span><br />Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a></span><br />He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a></span><br />May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalm 89:10</a></span><br />You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jeremiah 51:34</a></span><br />“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-29.htm">Matthew 12:29</a></span><br />Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Mark 3:27</a></span><br />Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-21.htm">Luke 11:21-22</a></span><br />When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. / But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?</p><p class="hdg">shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-34.htm">Deuteronomy 28:34</a></b></br> So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-11.htm">1 Samuel 3:11</a></b></br> And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19</a></b></br> From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only <i>to</i> understand the report.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/14-20.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/esther/7-6.htm">Attacker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Belied</a> <a href="/job/40-11.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/31-39.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Expectation</a> <a href="/job/37-23.htm">Found</a> <a href="/job/31-24.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/job/38-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/12-4.htm">Mere</a> <a href="/job/33-7.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Overpowering</a> <a href="/job/34-26.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/144-2.htm">Subduing</a> <a href="/job/39-16.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Attacker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Belied</a> <a href="/job/41-23.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/22-5.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/psalms/5-3.htm">Expectation</a> <a href="/job/42-15.htm">Found</a> <a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/psalms/3-5.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Mere</a> <a href="/job/41-25.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/daniel/7-21.htm">Overpowering</a> <a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/144-2.htm">Subduing</a> <a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/psalms/10-13.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Job 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/41-1.htm">Of God's great power in the leviathan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Surely hope of overcoming him is false.</b><br>This phrase refers to the creature Leviathan, a powerful and fearsome sea monster described in the Book of Job. The context of this passage is God's response to Job, highlighting the limitations of human power compared to divine sovereignty. The "hope of overcoming" Leviathan is deemed false, emphasizing the creature's invincibility and the futility of human efforts against it. This can be seen as a metaphor for the challenges and trials in life that are beyond human control, pointing to the need for reliance on God's strength. In a broader biblical context, Leviathan is sometimes associated with chaos and evil, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/27.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a>, where God promises to punish Leviathan, symbolizing His ultimate victory over chaos and evil.<p><b>Is not the sight of him overwhelming?</b><br>The overwhelming sight of Leviathan underscores its terrifying and majestic nature. This imagery serves to remind Job and the readers of the awe-inspiring power of God's creation, which is beyond human comprehension and control. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often depicted sea monsters as symbols of chaos, and their defeat by a deity represented order and divine authority. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over creation. The overwhelming nature of Leviathan can also be seen as a type of Christ, in that just as Leviathan is beyond human conquest, so too is the majesty and authority of Christ beyond human understanding, as seen in passages like <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a>, which speak of Christ's preeminence in creation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who undergoes severe trials and suffering. The book of Job explores his dialogues with friends and God about the nature of suffering and divine justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/leviathan.htm">Leviathan</a></b><br>A powerful and fearsome creature described in <a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">Job 41</a>, symbolizing chaos and the untamable aspects of creation. It represents challenges beyond human control.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate speaker in this passage, who is addressing Job. God uses the description of Leviathan to illustrate His own power and the limitations of human understanding.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_job.htm">The Book of Job</a></b><br>A poetic and philosophical book in the Old Testament that addresses the themes of suffering, divine justice, and the sovereignty of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends_of_job.htm">The Friends of Job</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who attempt to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom, often missing the deeper truths about God's nature and purposes.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God's power and wisdom are beyond human understanding. Just as Leviathan cannot be tamed by man, so are God's ways beyond our control.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Acknowledge our limitations in the face of life's challenges. Like Job, we must trust in God's greater plan even when we cannot see it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/false_hopes.htm">False Hopes</a></b><br>Be wary of placing hope in things that cannot deliver. True hope is found in God alone, who is sovereign over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fear_and_reverence.htm">Fear and Reverence</a></b><br>Cultivate a healthy fear and reverence for God, understanding that He is the creator and sustainer of all things, including the most formidable aspects of creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a></b><br>Trust that God is just and will ultimately bring about His purposes, even when circumstances seem chaotic or unjust.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_faith_vs._fear.htm">What does the Bible say about faith versus fear?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_demonic_oppression_and_its_cure.htm">What is demonic oppression and how can it be overcome?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_highlight_a_creature_unmatched_today.htm">Why would God highlight an indomitable creature in Job 41 if no verifiable species today matches this description?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_faith_help_overcome_despair.htm">How can faith help overcome despair?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Behold the hope of him is in vain</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, the hope of the rash man who would venture to attack him: at the sight of him, <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the infuriated crocodile.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, the hope of him is in vain</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the hope of capturing or killing him. Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? The very sight of the savage and invulnerable animal is enough to make a man fall to the ground with fear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/41-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵן־</span> <span class="translit">(hên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hope of [overcoming] him</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḥal·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8431.htm">Strong's 8431: </a> </span><span class="str2">Expectation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is false.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְזָ֑בָה</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·zā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3576.htm">Strong's 3576: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie, be a liar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Is not</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲגַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sight of him</span><br /><span class="heb">מַרְאָ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(mar·’āw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sight, appearance, vision</span><br /><br /><span class="word">overwhelming?</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻטָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yu·ṭāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2904.htm">Strong's 2904: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/41-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 41:9 Behold the hope of him (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/41-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 41:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 41:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/41-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 41:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 41:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>