Job 41:30
28 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29 A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
- KJV
- Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
- WEB
- His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
- ASV
- His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
- DARBY
- His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
- BLB
- Beneath him are points of a shard; he spreads out like a threshing sledge upon the mud.
- ÅB
- På dens buk sitter skarpe skår, den gjør spor i dyndet som etter en treskeslede.
- OTB
- Hans underdel er som skarpe potteskår;
Han sprer seg som en treskeslede på gjørmen. - B1930
- På dens buk sitter skarpe skår, den gjør spor i dyndet som efter en treskeslede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
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