Job 41:9

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

Behold, the hope {H8431} of him is in vain {H3576}: shall not one be cast down {H2904} even at the sight {H4758} of him?

"Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile -one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him.

Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 28:19 (2 votes)

    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 [to] understand the report.

  • Luke 21:11 (2 votes)

    And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

  • 1 Samuel 3:11 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:34 (2 votes)

    So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.