The Meaning of Job 41:29 Explained

Job 41:29

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

YLT: As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

Darby: Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

ASV: Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

Discover Job 41:29

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 41:29?

MEANING: What does Job 41:29 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 41:29 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 41:29?

What is the context of Job 41:29?

The Lord Challenges Job (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power in the Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord’s Challenge Continues (Job 41:1-34)
Yahweh Interrogates Job Again (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power Shown in Creatures (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord Speaks (Job 41:1-34)
On Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 41:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 41:1-34 - The Parable Of The Crocodile

The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty suggests his greatness. He is not an animal with whom you can play, or to whom you can speak soft words, or whose skin can be reached withsharpened weapons. His scales, Job 41:12-17; his eyes, mouth, and nostrils, Job 41:18-24; his fearlessness of human attack, Job 41:25-29; his power to lash the sea into a fury, making it to boil, Job 41:30-34 -each of these features is described in graphic terms.

As before, it is clear that the object is to throw into strong contrast the puniness and littleness of man. We may not be so much given to speculations about the organic world in which we live. But we are able to appreciate the argument. Surely He who tells the number of the stars, and weighs the mountains in scales, will have His pathway through the deep, and His footsteps in mighty waters. Being all that He is, He cannot but baffle the eye of man, but the heart can fully trust Him. We know that He does all things well. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 41

¹ Of God's great power in the leviathan

What do the individual words in Job 41:29 mean?

As straw are regarded Darts and He laughs at the threat of javelins

כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן

כְּ֭קַשׁ	As straw
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: קַשׁ Sense: stubble, chaff.
נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ	are regarded
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: חָשַׁב Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
תוֹתָ֑ח	Darts
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: תֹּותָח Sense: a weapon.
וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק	and He laughs
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׂחַק Sense: to laugh, play, mock.
לְרַ֣עַשׁ	at the threat
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: רַעַשׁ Sense: quaking, rattling, shaking.
כִּידֽוֹן	of javelins
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כִּידֹון Sense: javelin, short sword, dart.

What are the major concepts related to Job 41:29?

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