Job 41:30

"Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin."

Key Reflection

In Job 41:30, the image of clubs being counted as stubble emphasizes the insignificance of even strong weapons against the might of God's power. The laughter at the javelin's rush suggests a sense of amusement or indifference from God towards human attempts to challenge Him, highlighting His supreme and unassailable authority.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Sharp stones are under him -Margin, as in Hebrew, “pieces of pot sherd.” The Hebrew word (חדודchaddûd), means “sharp, pointed”; and the phrase used here means “the sharp points of a potsherd,” or broken pieces of earthenware. The reference is, undoubtedly, to the scales of the animal, which were rough and pointed, like the broken pieces of earthenware. This description would not agree with the whale, and indeed will accord with no other animal so well as with the crocodile. The meaning is, that the under parts of his body, with which he rests upon the mire, are made up of sharp, pointed things, like broken pottery.

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