Albert Barnes Commentary Job 9:13

"God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him." — Job 9:13 (ASV)

If God will not withdraw his anger - That is, if he perseveres in inflicting punishment. He will not turn aside his displeasure because of any opposition or resistance made to him.

The proud helpers - The marginal note suggests "Helpers of pride, or, strength." Jerome renders this phrase as, “under whom they who bear up the world bow down.” The Septuagint, no less remarkably, translates it: “by him the whales (or monsters - κήτος ketos) which are under heaven, are bowed down.”

Codurcus renders it as “aids of pride,” and understands by it all the things on which proud men rely, such as wealth, health, rank, and talent. Dr. Good similarly translates it as “the supports of the proud.”

The meaning is probably that all those things which contribute to the support of pride, or all those persons who are allied together to maintain the dominion of pride on the earth, must sink under the wrath of God.

Alternatively, it may refer to those who sustain the pride of state and empire—the men who stand around the thrones of monarchs and who contribute, by their talent and power, to uphold the pomp and magnificence of courts.

Concerning the meaning of the word translated here as "pride" (רהב rahab), see the notes at Isaiah 30:7.