The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (41-20) The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Job 41:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Job 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
  • Habakkuk 1:10 Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

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Explain this verse (10 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones…

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

Ver. 28. The arrow cannot make him flee] Heb. Sons of the bow; as, Job 5:7, sparks are called Boas of the coal. Arrows were then as much in use as bullets are now.

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Slingstones are turned with him into stubble] Those stones which the sling casts with so much force make as little impression upon his body as a straw would, which the hand of a child should push.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The arrow, Heb. the son of the bow; as…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Darts are counted as stubble,.... Darts being mentioned before,…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Turned - Hurt him no more than a blow…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The arrow - Hebrew “the son of the bow.”…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain arrow--literally, "son of the bow"; Oriental imagery (Lam 3:13;…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. The arrow — Literally, the son of a…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The arrow cannot make him flee; literally, the son…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 to him sling stones become chaff

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