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30 The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery;
    they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.[a]
31 He churns up the sea like boiling water
    and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.
32 He leaves a shining path behind him
    and turns the sea to white foam.

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  1. Job 41:30 These had sharp pieces of iron or stone fastened beneath them.

30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
    leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.(A)
31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron(B)
    and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.(C)
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
    one would think the deep had white hair.

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