Job 41:27 {18}
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For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Context
God's Power Shown in Leviathan
26When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate. 27For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.28The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.…
Cross References
Job 41:26
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

Job 41:28
The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

Lexicon
He regards
יַחְשֹׁ֣ב (yaḥ·šōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2803: To think, account

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

as straw
לְתֶ֣בֶן (lə·ṯe·ḇen)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8401: Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain

and bronze
נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ (nə·ḥū·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5154: Copper, bronze

as rotten
רִקָּב֣וֹן (riq·qā·ḇō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7539: Rottenness, decay

wood.
לְעֵ֖ץ (lə·‘êṣ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood


Additional Translations
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.
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