Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.

New American Standard Bible

“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.

King James Version

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

International Standard Version

Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin.

A Conservative Version

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

American Standard Version

Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

Amplified


“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.

Bible in Basic English

A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

Darby Translation

Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

Julia Smith Translation

The bludgeon was reckoned to him for stubble: and he will laugh at the shaking of the javelin.

King James 2000

Darts are counted as straw: he laughs at the threat of a javelin.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at [the] short sword's rattle.

Modern King James verseion

Darts are counted as straw; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He counteth the hammer no better than a straw, he laugheth him to scorn that shaketh the spear.

NET Bible

A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

New Heart English Bible

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

The Emphasized Bible

As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;

Webster

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

World English Bible

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

Youngs Literal Translation

As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּותח 
Towthach 
Usage: 1

as stubble
קשׁ 
Qash 
Usage: 16

שׂחק 
Sachaq 
Usage: 36

at the shaking
רעשׁ 
Ra`ash 
Usage: 17

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

28 No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:14

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.

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