OET interlinear JOB 41:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כְּ֭⁠קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח

(ⱪə⁠qash neḩshəⱱū tōtāḩ)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “It regards clubs as chaff”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כְּ֭⁠קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח

(ⱪə⁠qash neḩshəⱱū tōtāḩ)

Yahweh is speaking as if Leviathan could intelligently make judgments about the strength of weapons that people might use against it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “It senses no more danger from a club than it would from chaff”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ֝⁠יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְ⁠רַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן

(və⁠yisḩaq lə⁠raˊash ⱪīdōn)

Yahweh is speaking of Leviathan as if it would laugh in derision if someone threatened it by shaking a spear at it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and it scorns the threat of a spear”