Job 41:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 39:7 : 7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Hab 1:10 : 10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 41:29-30
2 verses
86%
29Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
30His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Job 41:26-27
2 verses
82%
26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
Job 39:20-24
5 verses
80%
20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
Job 20:24-25
2 verses
79%
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
Lam 3:12-13
2 verses
74%
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Ps 120:4
73%
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Ps 21:12
73%
12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Job 41:7-10
4 verses
73%
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish - spears?
8Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
Job 40:17-19
3 verses
72%
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
Ps 7:12-13
2 verses
72%
12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
Ps 58:7
71%
7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Hab 3:11
71%
11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
Ps 18:34
71%
34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
2 Sam 22:35
71%
35He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Job 6:4
71%
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Isa 5:28
71%
28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
Job 16:13
70%
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Ps 45:5
70%
5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Job 15:26
70%
26He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
Ps 76:3
70%
3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {H5542}
Ps 64:7
70%
7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
2 Sam 22:15
70%
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
Ps 38:2
69%
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
Job 41:23
69%
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; They cannot be moved.
Prov 26:18
69%
18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
Ps 89:43
69%
43Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Prov 7:23
69%
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Amos 2:15
69%
15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
Ezek 39:3
69%
3and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Job 27:22
69%
22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
Isa 41:2
69%
2Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Ps 18:14
68%
14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Ps 144:6
68%
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Ps 91:5
68%
5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Num 24:8
68%
8God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite [them] through with his arrows.