Job 20:25

20:25 When he pulls it out ¹  and it comes out of his back,

the gleaming point ²  out of his liver,

terrors come over him.

Job 41:30

41:30 Its underparts ³  are the sharp points of potsherds,

it leaves its mark in the mud

like a threshing sledge. ⁴ 

Job 41:26

41:26 Whoever strikes it with a sword ⁵ 

will have no effect, ⁶ 

nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

Job 39:23

39:23 On it the quiver rattles;

the lance and javelin ⁷  flash.

Job 41:7

41:7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons

or its head with fishing spears?

Job 39:28

39:28 It lives on a rock and spends the night there,

on a rocky crag ⁸  and a fortress. ⁹ 

[20:25]  ¹ tn The MT has “he draws out [or as a passive, “it is drawn out/forth”] and comes [or goes] out of his back.” For the first verb שָׁלַף (shalaf, “pull, draw”), many commentators follow the LXX and use שֶׁלַח (shelakh, “a spear”). It then reads “and a shaft comes out of his back,” a sword flash comes out of his liver.” But the verse could also be a continuation of the preceding.

[20:25]  ² tn Possibly a reference to lightnings.

[41:30]  ³ tn Heb “under him.”

[41:30]  ⁴ tn Here only the word “sharp” is present, but in passages like Isa 41:15 it is joined with “threshing sledge.” Here and in Amos 1:3 and Isa 28:27 the word stands alone, but represents the “sledge.”

[41:26]  ⁵ tn This is the clearest reading, following A. B. Davidson, Job, 285. The versions took different readings of the construction.

[41:26]  ⁶ tn The verb קוּם (qum, “stand”) with בְּלִי (bÿli, “not”) has the sense of “does not hold firm,” or “gives way.”

[39:23]  ⁷ tn This may be the scimitar (see G. Molin, “What is a kidon?” JSS 1 [1956]: 334-37).

[39:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “upon the tooth of a rock.”

[39:28]  ¹⁰ tn The word could be taken as the predicate, but because of the conjunction it seems to be adding another description of the place of its nest.