Job 41:30

Job 41:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
• New International Version (NIV)Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

Context of Job 41:30

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. 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! Its 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. 32As it swims, the water behind it shines. It makes waves that look like white hair on the sea.

Job 41:30 word by word

תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sharpחַדּוּדchaddûd · pointH2303
• stonesחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• under him: he spreadethרָפַדrâphad · to spreadH7502
• sharp pointed thingsחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• upon the mireטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916

Commentaries on Job 41:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Sharp stones are under him - So hard and impenetrable are his scales, that splinters of flint are the same to him as the softest reeds.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Sharp stones are under him - Margin, as in Hebrew, “pieces of pot sherd.” The Hebrew word (חדוד chaddûd ), means “sharp, pointed”; and the phrase used here means “the sharp points of a potsherd,” or broken pieces of earthenware. The reference is, undoubtedly, to the scales of the animal, which were rough and pointed, like the broken pieces of earthenware. This description would not agree with the whale, and indeed will accord with no other animal so well…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. stones--rather, "potsherds," that is, the sharp and pointed scales on the belly, like broken pieces of pottery. sharp-pointed things--rather, "a threshing instrument," but not on the fruits of the earth, but "on the mire"; irony. When he lies on the mire, he leaves the marks of his scales so imprinted on it, that one might fancy a threshing instrument with its sharp teeth had been drawn over it (Is 28:27).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:30

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In the dictionaries

• Comely
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• Leap
• Leviathan
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• Potsherd
• Stone, Stones

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