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The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

Job 41:28

In 11 translations

BSB
No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
KJV
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
WEB
The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
ASV
The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
LSV
The son of the bow does not cause him to flee, || Stones of the sling are turned into stubble by him.
YLT
The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.
DBY
The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
DRC41:19
The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
GNV41:19
The archer canot make him flee: ye stones of the sling are turned into stubble vnto him:
JPS41:20
The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
LXXE41:20
The bow of brass shall not wound him, he deems a slinger as grass.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC41:20
לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃KJV:Job.41.28
LXX-Br41:20
Οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκεον· ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Habakkuk 1:10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
  • Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

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  • 41:20 in some Bibles
  • 41:28 in most Bibles

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