JOB 41:29 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Heavy clubs are just like a grain stalk,
⇔ and it laughs at the rattling of a spear.

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).

ULT Clubs are regarded as chaff,
⇔ and it laughs at the rattling of a spear.

UST A club that someone might use against it would not hurt it any more than chaff would.
⇔ It can ignore any spear that someone might throw at it.

BSB A club is regarded as straw,
⇔ and he laughs at the sound of the lance.[fn]

OEB Clubs are counted as reed,
⇔ And he laughs at the whirr of a javelin.

WEBBE Clubs are counted as stubble.
⇔ He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A club is counted as a piece of straw;
⇔ it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

LSV Darts have been reckoned as stubble,
And he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.

FBV Clubs are also treated like stubble; it laughs at the sound made by flying spears.

T4T They are not afraid of clubs any more than they would be afraid of men throwing bits of straw at them,
⇔ and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins being thrown at them .

LEB No LEB JOB 41:29 verse available

BBE A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS (41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

ASV Clubs are counted as stubble:
⇔ He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

DRA No DRA JOB 41:29 verse available

YLT As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

Drby Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

RV Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

Wbstr Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

KJB-1769 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

KJB-1611 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
(He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the spear.)

Gnva No Gnva JOB 41:29 verse available

Cvdl He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.
(He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the spear.)

Wycl No Wycl JOB 41:29 verse available

Luth No Luth JOB 41:29 verse available

ClVg No ClVg JOB 41:29 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כְּ֭⁠קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח

(kə⁠qash 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

(kə⁠qash 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 kīdōn)

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”

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