Job 41:31

Job 41:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
• New International Version (NIV)It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Context of Job 41:31

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. When 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. 33There is no other animal like it in the whole world. It is not afraid of anything.

Job 41:31 word by word

יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר מְצוּלָ֑ה יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He maketh the deepמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• to boilרָתַחrâthach · to boilH7570
• like a potסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · potH5518
• he makethשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• like a pot of ointmentמֶרְקָחָהmerqâchâh · ointment pot/seasoningH4841

Commentaries on Job 41:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - This is occasioned by strongly agitating the waters at or near the bottom; and the froth which arises to the top from this agitation may have the appearance of ointment. But several travelers say that the crocodile has a very strong scent of musk, and that he even imparts this smell to the water through which he passes, and therefore the text may be taken literally. This property of the crocodile has been noticed by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - In his rapid motion through it. The word “deep” (מצולה metsôlâh ) may refer to any deep place - either of the sea, of a river, or of mire, Psalm 69:2. It is applied to the depths of the sea, Jonah 2:3; Micah 7:19; but there is nothing in the word that will prevent its application to a large river like the Nile - the usual abode of the crocodile. He maketh the sea - The word “sea” (ים yâm ) is often applied to a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. Whenever he moves. sea--the Nile (Is 19:5; Na 3:8). pot of ointment--the vessel in which it is mixed. Appropriate to the crocodile, which emits a musky smell.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:31

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In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Boil (2)
• Night-Monster
• Nile
• No-Amon

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