Job 41:29

Job 41:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
• New International Version (NIV)A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.

Context of Job 41:29

27It can easily break iron or bronze weapons. It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood. 28If 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. If 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. 31When it swims in the deep water of the sea, the water seems to boil. It makes big waves, like oil that is boiling in a pot.

Job 41:29 word by word

כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Dartsתּוֹתָ֑חtôthâch · clubH8455
• are countedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• as stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179
• he laughethשָׂחַקώâchaq · to laughH7832
• at the shakingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• of a spearכִּידוֹןkîydôn · javelinH3591

Commentaries on Job 41:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Darts are counted as stubble - All these verses state that he cannot be wounded by any kind of weapon, and that he cannot be resisted by any human strength. A young crocodile, seen by M. Maillet, twelve feet long, and which had not eaten a morsel for thirty-five days, its mouth having been tied all that time, was nevertheless so strong, that with a blow of its tail it overturned a bale of coffee, and five or six men, with the utmost imaginable ease! What…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Darts are counted as stubble - The word rendered “darts” (תותח tôthâch ) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is from יתח, obsolete root, “to beat with a club.” The word here probably means clubs. Darts and spears are mentioned before, and the object seems to be to enumerate all the usual, instruments of attack. The singular is used here with a plural verb in a collective sense.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Darts--rather, "clubs"; darts have been already mentioned (Job 41:26).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:29

• Dart
• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Armor; Arms
• Laughter
• 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