Job 41:27

27 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

Job 41:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:27

He esteemeth iron as straw
You may as well cast a straw at him as a bar of iron; it will make no impression on his steeled back, which is as a coat of mail to him; so Eustathius affirms ^F4 that the sharpest iron is rebounded and blunted by him;

[and] brass as rotten wood;
or steel, any instrument made of it, though ever so strong or piercing.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Apud ibid. (Bochard. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 5. c. 17. col. 785.)

Job 41:27 In-Context

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.