Bible verse
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
Job 41:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 41.
23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24 His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25 When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26 The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29 A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
KJV
He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
ASV
He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.
ERV
He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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