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Job 41:28–29

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28The earrow cannot make him flee:

Slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29Darts are counted as stubble:

He laugheth at the shaking of a fspear.

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Footnotes

  1. eSo Lam. 3:13.
  2. fSee ch. 39:23.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The arrow cannot make him flee;

for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.

Clubs are counted as stubble;

he laughs at the rattle of javelins.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Arrows do not make it flee;

slingstones are like chaff to it.

A club seems to it but a piece of straw;

it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No arrow can make him flee;

slingstones become like stubble to him.

A club is regarded as stubble,

and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.

NLTNew Living Translation

Arrows cannot make it flee.

Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.

Clubs are like a blade of grass,

and it laughs at the swish of javelins.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

An arrow will not make it flee;

sling stones are turned to stubble for it.

Clubs are regarded as stubble,

and it laughs at the short sword’s rattle.