Job 41 · Verse 32

Job 41:32

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Job 41:32, King James Version

Job 41:32 in other translations

BSBHe leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
WEBHe makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
ASVHe maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
YLTAfter him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.
DARBYHe maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
BBEAfter him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.
WebsterHe maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

What does Job 41:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. path--the foam on his track. hoary--as hair of the aged.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 He maketh a path to shine after him - In certain states of the weather a rapid motion through the water disengages many sparks of phosphoric fire. I have seen this at sea; once particularly, on a fine clear night, with a good breeze, in a fast-sailing vessel, I leaned over the stern, and watched this phenomenon for hours. The wake of the vessel was like a stream of fire; millions of particles of fire were disengaged by the ship's swift motion through the water, nearly in the same way as by the electric cushion and cylinder; and all continued to be absorbed at a short distance from the vessel. Whether this phenomenon takes place in fresh water or in the Nile, I have had no opportunity of observing. The deep to be hoary - By the frost and foam raised by the rapid passage of the animal through the water.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:32 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.

אַ֭חֲרָיו'A.cha.ravbehind itH310
יָאִ֣ירya.'Irit makes shineH215
נָתִ֑יבna.Tiva pathH5410
יַחְשֹׁ֖בyach.Shoanyone considersH2803
תְּה֣וֹםte.Hom[the] deepH8415
לְשֵׂיבָֽה\׃le.sei.Vahto grey hairH7872

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

Cross references for Job 41:32

  • Genesis 25:8

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

  • Job 38:30

    The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

  • Proverbs 16:31

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

  • Proverbs 20:29

    The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

  • Job 38:16

    Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

  • Genesis 1:2

    And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  • Genesis 1:15

    And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Job 28:14

    The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

  • Genesis 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Genesis 42:38

    And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
By his rapid passage through the water he makes it white with foam; and by his tail he causes the waves behind him to sparkle like a trail of light.
to shine.
Ge 1:15
deep.
28:14; 38:16,30; Ge 1:2
hoary.
Ge 15:15; 25:8; 42:38; Pr 16:31; 20:29

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

Context

  • Job 41:31

    He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

  • Job 41:32

    He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

  • Job 41:33

    Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

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Reina-Valera 1909		En pos de sí hace resplandecer la senda, que parece que la mar es cana.