Giobbe 41:30

30 (H41-22) Il suo ventre è armato di punte acute, e lascia come tracce d’erpice sul fango.

Giobbe 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Giobbe 41:30 In-Context

28 (H41-20) La figlia dell’arco non lo mette in fuga; le pietre della fionda si mutano per lui in stoppia.

29 (H41-21) Stoppia gli par la mazza e si ride del fremer della lancia.

30 (H41-22) Il suo ventre è armato di punte acute, e lascia come tracce d’erpice sul fango.

31 (H41-23) Fa bollire l’abisso come una caldaia, del mare fa come un gran vaso da profumi.

32 (H41-24) Si lascia dietro una scia di luce; l’abisso par coperto di bianca chioma.