King James Version
Job 41:29 in the King James Version says “Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.”
Job 41:29 · KJV
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are counted”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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