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Job 41:29
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="job.41.1" class="versetxt"> Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me? Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine. Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words? Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him. The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone. When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves. If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin. Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture. He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless. He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A club is regarded as stubble,and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
A club is regarded as stubble,and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
Hebrew Names Version
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
King James Version
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
English Standard Version
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
New Century Version
Clubs feel like pieces of straw to it, and it laughs when they shake a spear at it.
Clubs feel like pieces of straw to it, and it laughs when they shake a spear at it.
New English Translation
A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
Amplified Bible
"Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.
"Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.
New American Standard Bible
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
World English Bible
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The dartes are counted as strawe: and hee laugheth at the shaking of the speare.
The dartes are counted as strawe: and hee laugheth at the shaking of the speare.
Legacy Standard Bible
Clubs are regarded as stubble;It laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
Clubs are regarded as stubble;It laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
Berean Standard Bible
A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
Contemporary English Version
it simply smiles at spears, and striking it with a stick is like slapping it with straw.
it simply smiles at spears, and striking it with a stick is like slapping it with straw.
Complete Jewish Bible
class="poetry"> "Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile — one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him. No one is fierce enough to rouse him, so who can stand up to me? Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven. "I have more to say about his limbs, his strong talk, and his matchless strength. Who can strip off his [scaly] garment? Who can enter his jaws? Who can pry open the doors of his face, so close to his terrible teeth? "His pride is his rows of scales, tightly sealed together — one is so close to the next that no air can come between them; they are stuck one to another, interlocked and impervious. "When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn. From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out. His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire. His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth. "Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes]. The layers of his flesh stick together; they are firm on him, immovable. His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone. When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair. "If a sword touches him, it won't stick; neither will a spear, or a dart, or a lance. He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. An arrow can't make him flee; for him, slingstones are so much chaff. Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin. His belly is as sharp as fragments of pottery, so he moves across the mud like a threshing-sledge. "He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle. He leaves a shining wake behind him, making the deep seem to have white hair. "On earth there is nothing like him, a creature without fear. He looks straight at all high things. He is king over all proud beasts."
class="poetry"> "Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile — one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him. No one is fierce enough to rouse him, so who can stand up to me? Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven. "I have more to say about his limbs, his strong talk, and his matchless strength. Who can strip off his [scaly] garment? Who can enter his jaws? Who can pry open the doors of his face, so close to his terrible teeth? "His pride is his rows of scales, tightly sealed together — one is so close to the next that no air can come between them; they are stuck one to another, interlocked and impervious. "When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn. From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out. His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire. His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth. "Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes]. The layers of his flesh stick together; they are firm on him, immovable. His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone. When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair. "If a sword touches him, it won't stick; neither will a spear, or a dart, or a lance. He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. An arrow can't make him flee; for him, slingstones are so much chaff. Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin. His belly is as sharp as fragments of pottery, so he moves across the mud like a threshing-sledge. "He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle. He leaves a shining wake behind him, making the deep seem to have white hair. "On earth there is nothing like him, a creature without fear. He looks straight at all high things. He is king over all proud beasts."
Darby Translation
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
Easy-to-Read Version
When a wood club hits him, it feels to him like a piece of straw. He laughs when anyone throws a spear at him.
When a wood club hits him, it feels to him like a piece of straw. He laughs when anyone throws a spear at him.
George Lamsa Translation
He considers iron like straw, and brass like rotten wood.
He considers iron like straw, and brass like rotten wood.
Good News Translation
To him a club is a piece of straw, and he laughs when men throw spears.
To him a club is a piece of straw, and he laughs when men throw spears.
Lexham English Bible
Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at the short sword's rattle.
Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at the short sword's rattle.
Literal Translation
darts are counted as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.
darts are counted as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
American Standard Version
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
Bible in Basic English
A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
King James Version (1611)
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
English Revised Version
Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere.
He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere.
Update Bible Version
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Webster's Bible Translation
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
New King James Version
Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.
Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.
New Living Translation
Clubs are like a blade of grass, and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
Clubs are like a blade of grass, and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
New Life Bible
He thinks of heavy sticks as dry grass. He laughs at the noise of the spear.
He thinks of heavy sticks as dry grass. He laughs at the noise of the spear.
New Revised Standard
Clubs are counted as chaff; it laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Clubs are counted as chaff; it laughs at the rattle of javelins.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
(41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
Revised Standard Version
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Young's Literal Translation
As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
Contextual Overview
11 Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth. 12 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes. 13 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 14 In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him. 15 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. 16 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone. 17 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves. 18 If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. 19 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 20 The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References
Genesis 41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Genesis 41:46
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.--And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.--And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:47
And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
Genesis 41:49
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Darts are counted as stubble,.... Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to Ben Gersom, the word signifies an engine out of which stones are cast to batter down walls; but these are of no avail against the leviathan;
he laugheth at the shaking of a spear; at him, knowing it cannot hurt him; the crocodile, as Thevenot says g, is proof against the halberd. The Septuagint version is, "the shaking of the pyrophorus", or torch bearer; one that carried a torch before the army, who, when shook, it was a token to begin the battle; which the leviathan being fearless of laughs at it; :-.
g Travels, part 1. b. 2. c. 72. p. 245.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Darts are counted as stubble - The word rendered “darts” (תותח tôthâch) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is from יתח, obsolete root, “to beat with a club.” The word here probably means clubs. Darts and spears are mentioned before, and the object seems to be to enumerate all the usual, instruments of attack. The singular is used here with a plural verb in a collective sense.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 41:29. Darts are counted as stubble — All these verses state that he cannot be wounded by any kind of weapon, and that he cannot be resisted by any human strength.
A young crocodile, seen by M. Maillet, twelve feet long, and which had not eaten a morsel for thirty-five days, its mouth having been tied all that time, was nevertheless so strong, that with a blow of its tail it overturned a bale of coffee, and five or six men, with the utmost imaginable ease! What power then must lodge in one twenty feet long, well fed, and in health!
