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Job 41:30
(41-21) The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
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Christian Standard Bible®
His undersides are jagged potsherds,spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
His undersides are jagged potsherds,spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
Hebrew Names Version
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
King James Version
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
English Standard Version
His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
New Century Version
The underside of its body is like broken pieces of pottery. It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.
The underside of its body is like broken pieces of pottery. It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.
New English Translation
Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.
Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.
Amplified Bible
"His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
"His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
New American Standard Bible
"His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
"His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
World English Bible
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre.
Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre.
Legacy Standard Bible
Its underparts are like sharp potsherds;It spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
Its underparts are like sharp potsherds;It spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
Berean Standard Bible
His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
Contemporary English Version
As it crawls through the mud, its sharp and spiny hide tears the ground apart.
As it crawls through the mud, its sharp and spiny hide tears the ground apart.
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
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Easy-to-Read Version
The skin on his belly is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. He leaves tracks in the mud like a threshing board.
The skin on his belly is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. He leaves tracks in the mud like a threshing board.
George Lamsa Translation
The bow cannot make him flee; he treats slingstones as stubble.
The bow cannot make him flee; he treats slingstones as stubble.
Good News Translation
The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.
The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.
Lexham English Bible
"Its underparts are shards of a potsherd; it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.
"Its underparts are shards of a potsherd; it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.
Literal Translation
Points of potsherds are under him; he spreads sharp marks on the mire.
Points of potsherds are under him; he spreads sharp marks on the mire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He treadeth the golde in the myre like ye sharpe potsherdes.
He treadeth the golde in the myre like ye sharpe potsherdes.
American Standard Version
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Bible in Basic English
Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.
Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
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.
King James Version (1611)
Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.
Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sharpe stones are vnder him lyke potsheardes, and he lyeth vpon sharpe thinges as vpon the soft myre.
Sharpe stones are vnder him lyke potsheardes, and he lyeth vpon sharpe thinges as vpon the soft myre.
English Revised Version
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley.
The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley.
Update Bible Version
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreads [as it were] a threshing-wain on the mire.
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreads [as it were] a threshing-wain on the mire.
Webster's Bible Translation
Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
New King James Version
His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
New Living Translation
Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
New Life Bible
The parts under him are like sharp pieces of a pot. He spreads out like a grain crusher on the mud.
The parts under him are like sharp pieces of a pot. He spreads out like a grain crusher on the mud.
New Revised Standard
Its underparts are like sharp potsherds; it spreads itself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
Its underparts are like sharp potsherds; it spreads itself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
Revised Standard Version
His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
Young's Literal Translation
Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.
Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
Contextual Overview
11 (41-2) Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. 12 (41-3) I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication. 13 (41-4) Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth? 14 (41-5) Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 (41-6) His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another. 16 (41-7) One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them: 17 (41-8) They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated. 18 (41-9) His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning. 19 (41-10) Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire. 20 (41-11) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd
he: So hard and impenetrable are his scales, that splinters of flint are the same to him as the softest reeds.
Cross-References
Genesis 41:21
And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
Genesis 41:27
And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
Genesis 41:51
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
Genesis 41:54
The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:56
And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
Genesis 47:13
For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more especially of Egypt and Chanaan;
For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more especially of Egypt and Chanaan;
2 Samuel 24:13
And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
1 Kings 17:1
And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.
And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.
2 Kings 8:1
Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.
Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.
Psalms 105:16
(104-16) And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
(104-16) And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Sharp stones [are] under him,.... And yet give him no pain nor uneasiness;
he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire; and makes his bed of them and lies upon them; as sharp stones, as before, shells of fishes, broken pieces of darts, arrows, and javelins thrown at him, which fall around him: this does not so well agree with the crocodile, the skin of whose belly is soft and thin; wherefore dolphins plunge under it and cut it with a thorn, as Pliny h relates, or with spiny fins i; but with the whale, which lies among hard rocks and sharp stones, and large cutting pieces of ice, as in the northern seas.
h Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 25. i Sandys's Travels, l. 2. p. 78.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Sharp stones are under him - Margin, as in Hebrew, âpieces of pot sherd.â The Hebrew word (×××× chadduÌd), means âsharp, pointedâ; and the phrase used here means âthe sharp points of a potsherd,â or broken pieces of earthenware. The reference is, undoubtedly, to the scales of the animal, which were rough and pointed, like the broken pieces of earthenware. This description would not agree with the whale, and indeed will accord with no other animal so well as with the crocodile. The meaning is, that the under parts of his body, with which he rests upon the mire, are made up of sharp, pointed things, like broken pottery.
He spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire - That is, when he rests or stretches himself on the mud or slime of the bank of the river. The word used here and rendered âsharp pointed thingsâ (×ר××¥ chaÌruÌts) means properly something âcut in;â then something sharpened or pointed; and is used to denote âa threshing sledge;â see this instrument described in Isaiah 28:27-28, note; Isaiah 41:15, note. It is not certain, however, that there is any allusion here to that instrument. It is rather to anything that is rough or pointed, and refers to the lower part of the animal as having this character. The Vulgate renders this, âBeneath him are the rays of the sun, and he reposeth on gold as on clay.â Dr. Harris, Dr. Good, and Prof. Lee, suppose it refers to what the animal lies on, meaning that he lies on splinters of rock and broken stone with as much readiness and ease as if it were clay. But the above seems to me to be the true interpretation. It is that of Gesenius, Rosenmuller, and Umbreit. Grotius understands it as meaning that the weapons thrown at him lie around him like broken pieces of pottery.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 41:30. Sharp stones are under him — So hard and impenetrable are his scales, that splinters of flint are the same to him as the softest reeds.
