Parallel Verses
World English Bible
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Holman Bible
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
International Standard Version
"Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain.
A Conservative Version
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds. He spreads out [as] a threshing-wagon upon the mire.
American Standard Version
His underparts are like'sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Amplified
“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;
He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
Bible in Basic English
Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.
Darby Translation
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Julia Smith Translation
Sharpnesses of the potsherd under him: he will spread a trench upon the mire.
King James 2000
His undersides are like sharp stones: he spreads sharp pointed marks upon the mire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Its underparts [are] shards of a potsherd; it moves over mud [like] a threshing sledge.
Modern King James verseion
Points of potsherds are under him; he spreads sharp pointed marks on the mire.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He treadeth the gold in the mire like the sharp potsherds.
NET Bible
Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.
New Heart English Bible
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
The Emphasized Bible
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
Webster
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Youngs Literal Translation
Under him are sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
29 Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin. 30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
Cross References
Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.