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Job 41:31–32

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He roils deep ocean the way you’d boil water,

he whips the sea like you’d whip an egg into batter.

With a luminous trail stretching out behind him,

you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard!

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He makes the deep boil like a pot;

he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Behind him he leaves a shining wake;

one would think the deep to be white-haired.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron

and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

It leaves a glistening wake behind it;

one would think the deep had white hair.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;

he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

He leaves a shining wake behind him;

one would think the deep had gray hair!

NLTNew Living Translation

“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.

It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.

The water glistens in its wake,

making the sea look white.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot;

it makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Behind it, it leaves a glistening wake;

one would think that the deep has gray hair.

KJV 1900King James Version

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot:

He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

He maketh a path to shine after him;

One would think the deep to be hoary.