American Standard Version
Job 41:25
25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid:By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
Job 41:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
- New International Version (NIV)When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
Context of Job 41:25
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. 24His 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 consternation they are beside themselves. 26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. 27He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.
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מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 41:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25By reason of breakings they purify themselves - No version, either ancient or modern, appears to have understood this verse; nor is its true sense known. The Septuagint have, "When he turns himself, he terrifies all the quadrupeds on the earth." The original is short and obscure: יתחטאו משברים mishshebarim yithchattau . Mr. Good takes the plural termination ים im, from the first word, of which he makes the noun ים yam, the sea, and thus translates it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25When he raiseth up himself - When he rouses himself for an attack or in self-defense. The mighty are afraid - The Vulgate renders this “anqels.” The meaning is, that he produces alarm on those who are unaccustomed to fear. By reason of breakings they purify themselves - This, though a literal translation, conveys no very clear idea, and this rendering is not necessary. The word rendered “breakings” (שׁבר sheber ) means properly “a breaking, breach…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. he--the crocodile; a type of the awe which the Creator inspires when He rises in wrath. breakings--namely, of the mind, that is, terror. purify themselves--rather, "they wander from the way," that is, flee away bewildered [Maurer and Umbreit].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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