Job 40:18 {13}
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His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Job 7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?

Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
17He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. 18His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.…
Cross References
Job 40:17
He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

Job 40:19
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

Lexicon
His bones
עֲ֭צָמָיו (‘ă·ṣā·māw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

are tubes
אֲפִיקֵ֣י (’ă·p̄î·qê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 650: Containing, a tube, a bed, valley of a, stream, a strong thing, a hero

of bronze;
נְחוּשָׁ֑ה (nə·ḥū·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5154: Copper, bronze

his limbs
גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו (gə·rā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1634: A bone, self, very

are rods
כִּמְטִ֥יל (kim·ṭîl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4300: A wrought metal rod

of iron.
בַּרְזֶֽל׃ (bar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1270: Iron, an iron implement


Additional Translations
His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is as cast iron.

His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

His bones are as tubes of brass; his limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.
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