JOB 41:30 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Its underbelly is sharp like broken pottery.
⇔ It tears up the mud like a sledge for threshing grain.

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 Beneath it are points of a shard;
⇔ it spreads like a threshing sledge upon the mud.

UST Scales as sharp as broken pieces of pottery cover its belly.
⇔ When it drags itself through the mud,
⇔ these scales tear up the ground.

BSB His undersides are jagged potsherds,
⇔ spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

OEB Beneath him (his scales, like) sharp sherds
⇔ Spread marks, as of sledge, on the mire.

WEBBE His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
⇔ leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds,
⇔ it leaves its mark in the mud
⇔ like a threshing sledge.

LSV Sharp points of clay [are] under him,
He spreads gold on the mire.

FBV Its underparts are covered with points as sharp as broken pots; when it drags itself through the mud it leaves marks like a threshing sledge.[fn]

41:30 Threshing sledge: a board with sharp spikes for threshing grain.

T4T Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery.
⇔ When they drag themselves through the mud,
⇔ their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.

LEB No LEB JOB 41:30 verse available

BBE Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS (41-22) Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

ASV His underparts are like sharp potsherds:
⇔ He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.

DRA No DRA JOB 41:30 verse available

YLT Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.

Drby His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

RV His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.

Wbstr Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

KJB-1769 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.[fn]

41.30 Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd

KJB-1611 [fn]Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.
(Sharpe stones are under him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things upon the mire.)

41:30 Heb. sharpe pieces, of the potsherd.

Bshps Sharpe stones are vnder him lyke potsheardes, and he lyeth vpon sharpe thinges as vpon the soft myre.
(Sharpe stones are under him like potsheardes, and he lieth/lies upon sharpe things as upon the soft myre.)

Gnva No Gnva JOB 41:30 verse available

Cvdl He treadeth the golde in the myre like ye sharpe potsherdes.
(He treadeth the gold in the mire like ye/you_all sharpe potsherdes.)

Wycl No Wycl JOB 41:30 verse available

Luth No Luth JOB 41:30 verse available

ClVg No ClVg JOB 41:30 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תַּ֭חְתָּי⁠ו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ

(taḩtāy⁠v ḩaddūdēy ḩāres)

Yahweh is speaking as if Leviathan literally had points of a shard underneath it, sharp pieces of broken pottery. This is a poetic reference to the sharp scales that are on its underbelly. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: “It has pointed scales on its underbelly that are as sharp as pieces of broken pottery”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט

(yirpad ḩārūʦ ˊₐlēy-ţiţ)

The point of this comparison could be that: (1) Leviathan spreads a trail through the mud the way a threshing sledge would leave a trail of separated grain on a threshing floor. Alternate translation: “it tears up the mud as it moves along, leaving a distinct trail as a threshing sledge does” (2) that Leviathan spreads itself out heavily in the mud. Alternate translation: “it spreads itself heavily, like a threshing sledge, upon the mud”

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