Job 41:28

Job 41:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
• New International Version (NIV)Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The arrow cannot make him flee; for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.

Context of Job 41:28

26If you hit it with a sword, you will not hurt it. Spears, arrows and knives will be useless. 27It can easily break iron or bronze weapons. It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood. If you shoot arrows at it, it will not run away. If you use a sling to throw stones at it, the stones will hurt it no more than bits of chaff. 29If you hit it with a heavy stick, that hurts it no more than a piece of straw. If you throw a spear at it, it laughs! 30Its stomach has sharp pieces, like bits of a pot that someone has broken. When it moves along, it ploughs the soil under it.

Job 41:28 word by word

לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The arrowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• The arrowבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• cannot make him fleeבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• slingstonesקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050
• slingstonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• with him into stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179

Commentaries on Job 41:28

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28The arrow - Hebrew “the son of the bow.” So Lamentations 3:13, margin. This use of the word son is common in the Scriptures and in all Oriental poetry. Sling-stones - The sling was early used in war and in hunting, and by skill and practice it could be so employed as to be a formidable weapon; see Judges 20:16; 1 Samuel 17:40, 1 Samuel 17:49. As one of the weapons of attack on a foe it is mentioned here, though there is no evidence that the sling was ever…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. arrow--literally, "son of the bow"; Oriental imagery (La 3:13; Margin). stubble--Arrows produce no more effect than it would to throw stubble at him.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:28

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In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Hunting
• Night-Monster
• Straw; Stubble

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