Job 41:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.

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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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Readability

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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

Isa 41:15 : 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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24His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
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.
28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
29Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
Job 41:31-32
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78%
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
Job 39:23
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23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
Job 41:7
73%
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish - spears?
Job 40:17-18
2 verses
71%
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.
Job 28:9-10
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9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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Job 30:19
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19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Lam 3:16
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16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
Ps 120:4
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Job 16:13-14
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13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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Job 18:10-11
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10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
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Job 28:5-6
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70%
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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Job 36:30
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30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job 20:24-26
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70%
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.
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Ps 7:15
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Job 18:7-8
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7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Lam 3:11
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
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Job 28:2-3
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68%
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Job 41:19
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68%
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Job 20:14
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