Job 41:9
Strong's Lexicon
Surely
הֵן־ (hên-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

hope of [overcoming] him
תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ (tō·ḥal·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8431: 1) hope

is false.
נִכְזָ֑בָה (niḵ·zā·ḇāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3576: 1) to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail 1a) (Qal) liar (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be proven to be lying 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive 1c2) to disappoint, fail 1d) (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar

Is not
הֲגַ֖ם (hă·ḡam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

the sight of him
מַרְאָ֣יו (mar·’āw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4758: 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)

overwhelming ?
יֻטָֽל׃ (yu·ṭāl)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2904: 1) to hurl, cast 1a) (Pilpel) to throw away, carry away, hurl 1b) (Hiphil) to throw, cast, cast out 1c)(Hophal) 1c1) to be hurled, hurled down 1c2) to be cast, be thrown, be cast out, be thrown down

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at  the very sight of him ?

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

King James Bible
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.

New Living Translation
No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.

English Standard Version
Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

International Standard Version
"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him.

NET Bible
See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?
















Cross References
Job 41:8
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

Job 41:10
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Job 41:6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

Job 41:11
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Job 41:12
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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