Job 41 · Verse 28

Job 41:28

The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Job 41:28, King James Version

Job 41:28 in other translations

BSBNo arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
WEBThe arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
ASVThe arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
YLTThe son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.
DARBYThe arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
BBEThe arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.
WebsterThe arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

What does Job 41:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. arrow--literally, "son of the bow"; Oriental imagery (La 3:13; Margin). stubble--Arrows produce no more effect than it would to throw stubble at him.

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

Job 41:28 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.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּyav.ri.Che.nuit makes flee itH1272
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
קָ֑שֶׁתKa.sheta bowH7198
לְ֝קַ֗שׁle.Kashinto chaffH7179
נֶהְפְּכוּ\־neh.pe.khu-they are changedH2015
ל֥וֹlofor it
אַבְנֵי\־'av.nei-stones ofH68
קָֽלַע\׃Ka.la'a slingH7050

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

Cross references for Job 41:28

  • Job 39:7

    He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

  • Habakkuk 1:10

    And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sling-stones.
39:7; Hab 1:10

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

Context

  • Job 41:27

    He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

  • Job 41:28

    The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

  • Job 41:29

    Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

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Job 41:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Saeta no le hace huir; las piedras de honda se le tornan aristas.