John Gill Commentary Job 41:10

"None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?" — Job 41:10 (ASV)

None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up
This seems best to agree with the crocodile, who frequently lies down and sleeps on the ground ^F17 , and in the water by night ^F18 ; see (Ezekiel 29:3) ; when it is very dangerous to arouse him; and few, if any so daring, have courage enough to do it:

though whales have been seen lying near shore asleep, and looked like rocks, even forty of them together ^F19 ;

who then is able to stand before me ?
This is the inference the Lord draws from hence, or the use he makes of it; that if this creature is so formidable and terrible, that it is dangerous to arouse and provoke him, and there is no standing before him or against him; then how should anyone be able to stand before the Lord, who made this creature, whenever he is angry? see (Psalms 76:7) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: Plin. l. 8. c. 25. Solin. c. 45.
• F18: Ammian. Marcellin. l. 22.
• F19: See the North-West Fox, p. 205.