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Job 41

Job 41:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sharp
chadduwd (Hebrew #2303)
a point
KJV usage: sharp.
Pronounce: khad-dood'
Origin: from 2300
βstones
cheres (Hebrew #2789)
a piece of pottery
KJV usage: earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
Pronounce: kheh'-res
Origin: a collateral form mediating between 2775 and 2791
are under him: he spreadeth
raphad (Hebrew #7502)
to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh
KJV usage: comfort, make (a bed), spread.
Pronounce: raw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
sharp pointed things
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
upon the mire
tiyt (Hebrew #2916)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
KJV usage: clay, dirt, mire.
Pronounce: teet
Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rath. perb. a demon. from 2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)
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pieces of potsherd.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sharp stones.
Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd.
he.So hard and impenetrable are his scales, that splinters of flint are the same to him as the softest reeds.
• His under parts, lying flat upon the earth, are not weak, but like strong sherds. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mirec.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "he spreadeth himself [on] sharp pointed things, as on mire."