Job 41 · Verse 25

Job 41:25

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

Job 41:25, King James Version

Job 41:25 in other translations

BSB	When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
WEB	When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
ASV	When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
YLT	From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.
DARBY	When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
BBE	When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.
Webster	When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

What does Job 41:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. he--the crocodile; a type of the awe which the Creator inspires when He rises in wrath. breakings--namely, of the mind, that is, terror. purify themselves--rather, "they wander from the way," that is, flee away bewildered [Maurer and Umbreit].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 25 By reason of breakings they purify themselves - No version, either ancient or modern, appears to have understood this verse; nor is its true sense known. The Septuagint have, "When he turns himself, he terrifies all the quadrupeds on the earth." The original is short and obscure: משברים יתחטאו mishshebarim yithchattau. Mr. Good takes the plural termination ים im, from the first word, of which he makes the noun ים yam, the sea, and thus translates it, "They are confounded at the tumult of the sea." In this I can find no more light than in our own. Mr. Heath has, "For very terror they fall to the ground." The translations of it are as unsatisfactory as they are various. I shall give both the verses from Coverdale: - His herte is as harde as a stone; and as fast as the stythye (anvil) that the hammer man smyteth upon: when he goeth the mightiest off all are afrayed, and the waives hevy. The dull swell in the waters proclaims his advance; and when this is perceived, the stout-hearted tremble.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:25 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.

מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹmi.se.tofrom uprising itsH7613

יָג֣וּרוּya.Gu.ruthey are afraidH1481

אֵלִ֑ים'e.Limmighty onesH410

מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗יםmi.she.va.Rimfrom crashing<s>H7667

יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ\׃yit.cha.Ta.'uthey are bewilderedH2398

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Cross references for Job 41:25

Jonah 1:4-6
But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Psalms 107:28
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Ps 107:28; Jon 1:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job 41:25
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job 41:26
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

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Job 41:25 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	De su grandeza tienen temor los fuertes, y á causa de su desfallecimiento hacen por purificarse.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il n’a pas son semblable sur la terre: il a été fait pour être sans peur.
German Elberfelder 1871	Alles Hohe sieht er an; er ist König über alle wilden Tiere.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Omne sublime videt: ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.