Job 41:31
“He maketh the deepe to boyle like a pot: hee maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.”
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Job 41:31 Context
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare. 30Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire. 31He maketh the deepe to boyle like a pot: hee maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment. 32Hee maketh a path to shine after him; one would thinke the deepe to bee hoarie. 33Upon earth there is not his like: who is made without feare.
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Other Translations
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- King James Version
"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.
- Basic English Bible
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
- Darby Bible
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- Webster's Bible
He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
- World English Bible
He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(41:23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.
- Basic English Bible
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
- Darby Bible
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- Webster's Bible
He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
- World English Bible
He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(41:23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 41:31
41:31 Boil - To swell, and foam, and froth by his strong and vehement motion, as any liquor does when it is boiled in a pot, especially boiling ointment. The sea - The great river Nile, is called a sea, both in scripture, as #Isa 11:15|, and in other authors, as Euphrates is called the sea of Babylon, #Isa 21:1 Jer 51:36|. Lakes also are most frequently called seas both in the Old and New Testament: and in such lakes the crocodiles are as well as in the Nile.