The Meaning of Job 41:32 Explained

Job 41:32

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

YLT: After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

Darby: He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 41:32?

MEANING: What does Job 41:32 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 41:32 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 41:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 41:32 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 41:32 mean?

Behind him He leaves shining a wake [One] would think the deep had white hair
אַ֭חֲרָיו יָאִ֣יר נָתִ֑יב יַחְשֹׁ֖ב תְּה֣וֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה

אַ֭חֲרָיו  Behind  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
יָאִ֣יר  He  leaves  shining 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: to be or become light, shine.
נָתִ֑יב  a  wake 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָתִיב 
Sense: trodden with the feet, path, pathway.
יַחְשֹׁ֖ב  [One]  would  think 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
תְּה֣וֹם  the  deep  had 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: תְּהֹום  
Sense: deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea.
לְשֵׂיבָֽה  white  hair 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֵׂיבָה  
Sense: age, gray hair, hoary head, old age.

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