KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 41:26–31
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Job 41:26
26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the ‖habergeon.
- Or, brestplate.
Job 41:27
27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brasse as rotten wood.
Job 41:28
28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
28The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
Job 41:29
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
Job 41:30
30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
30†Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.
- Heb. sharpe pieces, of the potsherd.
Job 41:31
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
31He maketh the deepe to boyle like a pot: hee maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:26
Places, sets, puts, applies, or imposes. In KJV phrases, it may mean stores up, reveals, brings low, grasps, regards, establishes, sets an ambush, or attacks.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
Is unable to; is not able to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; anything that pierces or wounds like such a missile.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A coat or defensive covering of mail.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:27
A comparison for what is weak, insubstantial, or easily trampled.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Putrid; carious; decomposed by the natural process of decay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:28
A pointed missile shot from a bow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Is unable to; is not able to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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slingstones
Stones prepared or chosen to be cast with slings.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Moved in a circle; changed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The cut, dry remnants of grain stalks, literally or as a figure of what is easily scattered or burned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:29
Numbered; told; esteemed; reckoned; imputed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The cut, dry remnants of grain stalks, literally or as a figure of what is easily scattered or burned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter; also to laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision, as the context shows.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Trembling; shivering; quaking.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:30
Having a keen edge or point; acute, piercing, severe, or ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Pieces or masses of rock; or, as a verb, strikes with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sharpened to a point, directed, aimed, or specifically indicated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Wet, muddy ground; mud or filth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:31
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To bubble or be violently agitated by heat, or to cook in boiling liquid.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A vessel more deep than broad, made of earth, or iron or other metal, used for several domestic purposes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A perfumed or medicinal substance used for anointing or smearing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
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Open the full verse study7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
From verse 30
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Open the full verse study15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
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