JOB 41:29 Parallel Verse View

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Original JOB 41:21: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yahweh (All still tentative.)

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 (JOB 41:21) Ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφυρά, καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου.
(Hōs kalamaʸ elogisthaʸsan sfura, katagela de seismou purforou.)

BrTr (JOB 41:21) Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

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]

41:29 Or javelin

OEB No OEB JOB 41:29 book available

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

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 • Clubs are regarded as stubble,
• and it laughs at the short sword’s rattle.

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

Moff bludgeons are mere bulrushes,
⇔ and whizzing javelins he derides.

JPS (JOB 41:21) (41-13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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

DRA (JOB 41:20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

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.

SLT The bludgeon was reckoned to him for stubble: and he will laugh at the shaking 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 darts no better then a straw, he laugheth him to scorn 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 straw, he laugheth him to scorn that shaketh the spear.)

Wycl (JOB 41:20) He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere.
(He shall reckon/count an hammer as stubble; and he shall scorn a flourishing spear.)

Luth (JOB 41:21) Den Hammer achtet er wie Stoppeln; er spottet der bebenden Lanze.
(The Hammer pay_attention he as/like stubble; he scoffs the/of_the trembling spear.)

ClVg (JOB 41:20) Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
(As_if straw will_estimate hammer, and will_mock brandishing spear.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כְּ֭⁠קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח

(Some words not found in UHB: like,chaff regarded clubs and,it_laughs to_[the],shaking_of javelin )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: like,chaff regarded clubs and,it_laughs to_[the],shaking_of javelin )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: like,chaff regarded clubs and,it_laughs to_[the],shaking_of javelin )

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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