English Standard Version
Job 41:30
30His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
Context of Job 41:30
28The arrow cannot make him flee; for him, sling stones are turned to stubble. 29Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins. His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire. 31He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. 32Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired.
Read all of Job 41Job 41:30 word by word
תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃Read the interlinear
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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
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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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