Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Holman Bible
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
A Conservative Version
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds. He spreads out [as] a threshing-wagon upon the mire.
American Standard Version
His underparts are like'sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Amplified
“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;
He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
Bible in Basic English
Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.
Darby Translation
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Julia Smith Translation
Sharpnesses of the potsherd under him: he will spread a trench upon the mire.
King James 2000
His undersides are like sharp stones: he spreads sharp pointed marks upon the mire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Its underparts [are] shards of a potsherd; it moves over mud [like] a threshing sledge.
Modern King James verseion
Points of potsherds are under him; he spreads sharp pointed marks on the mire.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He treadeth the gold in the mire like the sharp potsherds.
NET Bible
Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.
New Heart English Bible
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
The Emphasized Bible
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
Webster
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
World English Bible
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
Under him are sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
29 Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. 30 "Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. 31 He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment.
Cross References
Isaiah 41:15
"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.