God’s Word Translation
Job 41:31
31It makes the deep sea boil like a pot. It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle.
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
29It considers clubs to be like stubble, and it laughs at a rattling javelin. 30Its underside is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. It stretches out like a threshing sledge on the mud. It makes the deep sea boil like a pot. It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle. 32It leaves a shining path behind it so that the sea appears to have silvery hair. 33Nothing on land can compare to it. It was made fearless.
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יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר מְצוּלָ֑ה יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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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
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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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