King James Version

Job 41:31

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:23.

יַרְתִּ֣יחַyartichaboilרָתַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “boil”, an unfinished actionH7570to boilboil.כַּסִּ֣ירkasiras potסִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as pot”, the ordinary formH5518a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hookcaldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.מְצוּלָ֑הmetsulahdeepמְצוֹלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.יָ֝֗םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).יָשִׂ֥יםyasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽהkamerqachahas pot of ointmentמֶרְקָחָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as pot of ointment”, the ordinary formH4841abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)pot of ointment, [idiom] well.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

Young’s Literal Translation

He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.

World English Bible

He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Darby Translation

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀναζεῖ τὴν ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χαλκεῖον· ἥγηται δὲ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον,