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Job 41:32
32Behind him he makes a shining wake; One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].
Job 41:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
- New International Version (NIV)It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.
Context of Job 41:32
30His 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). 31He makes the deep water boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment. Behind him he makes a shining wake; One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam]. 33Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists, A creature made without fear. 34He looks on everything that is high [without terror]; He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”
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אַ֭חֲרָיו יָאִ֣יר נָתִ֑יב יַחְשֹׁ֖ב תְּה֣וֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 41:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32He maketh a path to shine after him - In certain states of the weather a rapid motion through the water disengages many sparks of phosphoric fire. I have seen this at sea; once particularly, on a fine clear night, with a good breeze, in a fast-sailing vessel, I leaned over the stern, and watched this phenomenon for hours. The wake of the vessel was like a stream of fire; millions of particles of fire were disengaged by the ship's swift motion through the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32He maketh a path to shine after him - This refers doubtless to the white foam of the waters through which he passes. If this were spoken of some monster that commonly resides in the ocean, it would not be unnatural to suppose that it refers to the phosphoric light such as is observed when the waters are agitated, or when a vessel passes rapidly through them. If it refers, however, to the crocodile, the allusion must be understood of the hoary appearance…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. path--the foam on his track. hoary--as hair of the aged.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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