JOB 41:24 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) His chest is hard like stone—
⇔ yes, as solid as the bottom mill-stone.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX τὸν δὲ τάρταρον τῆς ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αἰχμάλωτον· ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εἰς περίπατον.
(ton de tartaron taʸs abussou hōsper aiⱪmalōton; elogisato abusson eis peripaton. )

BrTr and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as his range.

UST It does not feel any compassion,
⇔ any more than a stone would feel compassion
⇔ or the lower millstone on which people grind grain would feel compassion.

OEB His heart is as firm as a stone–
⇔ Yea, firm as the nether mill-stone.

WEBBE His heart is as firm as a stone,
⇔ yes, firm as the lower millstone.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Its heart is hard as rock,
⇔ hard as a lower millstone.

LSV His heart [is] firm as a stone,
Indeed, firm as the lower piece.

FBV Its heart is rock-hard, like a millstone.

T4T They are fearless, because
⇔ the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock,
⇔ as hard as the lower millstone on which grain is ground.

LEB • yes,[fn] it is cast as the lower millstone.

41:? Hebrew “and”

BBE His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.

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JPS (41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

ASV His heart is as firm as a stone;
⇔ Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

DRA There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

YLT His heart [is] firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.

Drby His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].

RV His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

Wbstr His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone .

KJB-1769 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
(His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as apiece of the neither millstone. )

KJB-1611 His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.
(His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a piece of the neither mil-stone.)

Bshps His heart is as hard as a stone, and as fast as the stythie that the smyth smiteth vpon.
(His heart is as hard as a stone, and as fast as the stythie that the smyth smiteth upon.)

Gnva In the earth there is none like him: hee is made without feare.
(In the earth there is none like him: he is made without feare. )

Cvdl His hert is as harde as a stone, ad as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon.
(His heart is as hard as a stone, ad as fast as the styth ye/you_all that the hammer man smyteth upon.)

Wyc No power is on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym; which is maad, that he schulde drede noon.
(No power is on earth, that shall be comparisound to him; which is made, that he should dread noon.)

Luth Nach ihm leuchtet der Weg, er macht die Tiefe ganz grau.
(After him leuchtet the/of_the Weg, he macht the depth all grau.)

ClVg Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
(Non it_is over the_earth/land potestas which comparetur ei, who factus it_is as nullum timeret. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ֭בּ⁠וֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝⁠יָצ֗וּק כְּ⁠פֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית

(Some words not found in UHB: behind,him shining wake think deep to,gray_hair )

Here the would heart could mean: (1) the disposition of Leviathan. If that were hard, then Yahweh would be saying that Leviathan acted cruelly and was not afraid of anyone or anything. Alternate translation: “It acts cruelly and fears nothing” (2) the chest of Leviathan. Alternate translation: “Its chest is hard like stone; yes, it is hard like a lower millstone”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

כְּ⁠פֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית

(Some words not found in UHB: behind,him shining wake think deep to,gray_hair )

A millstone is one of a pair of large, flat, round stones that people use to crush kernels of grain to process them into food for humans. The lower millstone needs to be especially strong and hard because it bears the weight of the upper millstone and the force of the crushing. If your readers would not be familiar with what a millstone is, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable object in your culture or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “like a stone that people use to crush grain”

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