Job 41 · Verse 12

Job 41:12

I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job 41:12, King James Version

Job 41:12 in other translations

BSBI cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
WEB“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
ASVI will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
YLTI do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.
DARBYI will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
BBEI will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.
WebsterI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

What does Job 41:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. I will not conceal--a resumption of the description broken off by the digression, which formed an agreeable change. his power--literally, "the way," that is, true proportion or expression of his strength (so Hebrew, De 19:4). comely proportion--literally, "the comeliness of his structure" (his apparatus: so "suit of apparel" Jud 17:10) [Maurer]. Umbreit translates, "his armor." But that follows after.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 I will not conceal his parts - This is most certainly no just translation of the original. The Vulgate is to this effect: I will not spare him: nor yield to his powerful words, framed for the purpose of entreaty. Mr. Good applies it to leviathan: - "I cannot be confounded at his limbs and violence; The strength and structure of his frame." The Creator cannot be intimidated at the most formidable of his own works: man may and should tremble; God cannot.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֽוֹlo-to it
אַחֲרִ֥ישׁ'a.cha.RishI will keep silentH2790
בַּדָּ֑יוba.Davlimbs itsH907
וּדְבַר\־u.de.var-and [the] matter ofH1697
גְּ֝בוּר֗וֹתge.vu.Rotstrength<s>H1369
וְחִ֣יןve.Chinand [the] grace ofH2433
עֶרְכּֽוֹ\׃er.Koarrangement itsH6187

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:12

  • Genesis 1:25

    And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
comely.
Ge 1:25

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Context

  • Job 41:11

    Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

  • Job 41:12

    I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

  • Job 41:13

    Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

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Job 41:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo no callaré sus miembros, ni lo de sus fuerzas y la gracia de su disposición.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Une fumée sort de ses narines comme d’un pot qui bouillonne, comme d’une chaudière ardente;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sein Hauch entzündet Kohlen, und eine Flamme fährt aus seinem Rachen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.