Job 41:28

Job 41:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
• New International Version (NIV)Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The arrow cannot make him flee; for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Arrows cannot make it flee. Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.

Context of Job 41:28

26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. 27He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. 29Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. 30His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

Job 41:28 word by word

לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The arrowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• The arrowבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• cannot make him fleeבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• slingstonesקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050
• slingstonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• with him into stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179

Commentaries on Job 41:28

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28The arrow - Hebrew “the son of the bow.” So Lamentations 3:13, margin. This use of the word son is common in the Scriptures and in all Oriental poetry. Sling-stones - The sling was early used in war and in hunting, and by skill and practice it could be so employed as to be a formidable weapon; see Judges 20:16; 1 Samuel 17:40, 1 Samuel 17:49. As one of the weapons of attack on a foe it is mentioned here, though there is no evidence that the sling was ever…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. arrow--literally, "son of the bow"; Oriental imagery (La 3:13; Margin). stubble--Arrows produce no more effect than it would to throw stubble at him.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:28

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Hunting
• 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