King James Version

Job 41:28

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:20.

לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּyavrichenvfleeבָּרַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flee”, an unfinished actionH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.בֶןvensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […קָ֑שֶׁתqashetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).לְ֝קַ֗שׁleqashto stubbleקַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to stubble”, the ordinary formH7179straw (as dry)stubble.נֶהְפְּכוּnehpekhvchangeהָפַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).ל֥וֹlvotoל֥וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאַבְנֵיavnestoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).קָֽלַעqalaslingקֶלַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sling”, the ordinary formH7050a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itselfhanging, leaf, sling.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

Young’s Literal Translation

The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The bow of brass shall not wound him, he deems a slinger as grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκεον· ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον.