New International Version
Job 41:27
27Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
Job 41:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Iron is nothing but straw to that creature, and bronze is like rotten wood.
Context of Job 41:27
25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing. 26The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. 28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. 29A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
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יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְתֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְעֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 41:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27He esteemeth iron as straw - He regards instruments made of iron and brass as if they were straw or rotten wood. That is, they make no impression on him. This will agree better with the crocodile than any other animal. So hard is his skin, that a musket-ball will not penetrate it; see numerous quotations proving the hardness of the skin of the crooodile, in Bochart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. iron ... brass--namely, weapons.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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