King James Version

Job 41:29

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:21.

כְּ֭קַשׁkeqashas stubbleקַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as stubble”, the ordinary formH7179straw (as dry)stubble.נֶחְשְׁב֣וּnechshevvregardחָשַׁבverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “regard”, a completed actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.תוֹתָ֑חtotachdartsתּוֹתָחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “darts”, the ordinary formH8455a clubdarts.וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗קveyischaqand laughשָׂחַקconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and laugh”, an unfinished actionH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.לְרַ֣עַשׁleraashto commotionרַעַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to commotion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7494vibration, bounding, uproarcommotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.כִּידֽוֹןkidonlanceכִּידוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lance”, the ordinary formH3591properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dartlance, shield, spear, target.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφυρά, καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου.