Job 41:25

Job 41:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
• New International Version (NIV)When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.

Context of Job 41:25

23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor armour. 27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Job 41:25 word by word

מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

• When he raiseth upשְׂאֵתώe'êth · elevationH7613
• himself, the mightyאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• are afraidגּוּרgûr · to dreadH1481
• by reason of breakingsשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• they purifyחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for Job 41:25

• Psalms 107:28Then they cry unto Yhwh in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
• Jonah 1:4But Yhwh sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Commentaries on Job 41:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25By reason of breakings they purify themselves - No version, either ancient or modern, appears to have understood this verse; nor is its true sense known. The Septuagint have, "When he turns himself, he terrifies all the quadrupeds on the earth." The original is short and obscure: יתחטאו משברים mishshebarim yithchattau . Mr. Good takes the plural termination ים im, from the first word, of which he makes the noun ים yam, the sea, and thus translates it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25When he raiseth up himself - When he rouses himself for an attack or in self-defense. The mighty are afraid - The Vulgate renders this “anqels.” The meaning is, that he produces alarm on those who are unaccustomed to fear. By reason of breakings they purify themselves - This, though a literal translation, conveys no very clear idea, and this rendering is not necessary. The word rendered “breakings” (שׁבר sheber ) means properly “a breaking, breach…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. he--the crocodile; a type of the awe which the Creator inspires when He rises in wrath. breakings--namely, of the mind, that is, terror. purify themselves--rather, "they wander from the way," that is, flee away bewildered [Maurer and Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:25

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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