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# him ... he ... His
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The words "him," "he," and "his" refer to Leviathan.
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# Clubs are regarded as straw
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A club made of straw would not hurt him, and a club made of wood would not hurt him. This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "He thinks of clubs as if they were straw" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear
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The person throwing the spear hopes that the spear will kill Leviathan, but the writer speaks as if Leviathan knows the spear will not kill him and so laughs. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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