Job 41:30

30 Por debajo tiene agudas conchas; Imprime su agudez en el suelo.

Job 41:30 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:30

Sharp stones [are] under him
And yet give him no pain nor uneasiness;

he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire;
and makes his bed of them and lies upon them; as sharp stones, as before, shells of fishes, broken pieces of darts, arrows, and javelins thrown at him, which fall around him: this does not so well agree with the crocodile, the skin of whose belly is soft and thin; wherefore dolphins plunge under it and cut it with a thorn, as Pliny F8 relates, or with spiny fins F9; but with the whale, which lies among hard rocks and sharp stones, and large cutting pieces of ice, as in the northern seas.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 25.
F9 Sandys's Travels, l. 2. p. 78.

Job 41:30 In-Context

28 Saeta no le hace huir; Las piedras de honda se le tornan aristas.
29 Tiene toda arma por hojarascas, Y del blandir de la pica se burla.
30 Por debajo tiene agudas conchas; Imprime su agudez en el suelo.
31 Hace hervir como una olla la profunda mar, Y tórnala como una olla de ungüento.
32 En pos de sí hace resplandecer la senda, Que parece que la mar es cana.
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