Job 41:29

29 A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

Job 41:29 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble
Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to Ben Gersom, the word signifies an engine out of which stones are cast to batter down walls; but these are of no avail against the leviathan;

he laugheth at the shaking of a spear;
at him, knowing it cannot hurt him; the crocodile, as Thevenot says ^F7, is proof against the halberd. The Septuagint version is, "the shaking of the pyrophorus", or torch bearer; one that carried a torch before the army, who, when shook, it was a token to begin the battle; which the leviathan being fearless of laughs at it; (See Gill on Obadiah 1:18).

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Travels, part 1. b. 2. c. 72. p. 245.

Job 41:29 In-Context

27 Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

28 The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

29 A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

30 Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

31 The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.