King James Version
Job 41:31 in the King James Version says “He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.”
Job 41:31 · KJV
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.
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear
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“the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“he maketh”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“like a pot of ointment”
H4841abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)
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