Job 41:31

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle.

Berean Standard Bible:

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

American Standard Version:

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

He maketh the deep{H4688} to boil{H7570} like a pot{H5518}: he maketh{H7760} the sea{H3220} like a pot of ointment{H4841}.

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Commentary for Job 41:31

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4688
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מְצוֹלָה
    Transliteration: mᵉtsôwlâh
    Pronunciation: mets-o-law'
    Description: or מְצֹלָה; also מְצוּלָה; or מְצֻלָה; from the same as צוּלָה; a deep place (of water or mud); bottom, deep, depth.
  2. Strong's Number: H7570
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָתַח
    Transliteration: râthach
    Pronunciation: raw-thakh'
    Description: a primitive root; to boil; boil.
  3. Strong's Number: H5518
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סִיר
    Transliteration: çîyr
    Pronunciation: seer
    Description: or (feminine) סִירָה; or סִרָה; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook; caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.
  4. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  5. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
  6. Strong's Number: H4841
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֶרְקָחָה
    Transliteration: merqâchâh
    Pronunciation: mer-kaw-khaw'
    Description: feminine of מֶרְקָח; abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil); pot of ointment, [idiom] well.