Job 41:27

27 He treats iron as straw, 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 The divine beings dread his rising; they withdraw before his thrashing.

26 The sword that touches him won't prevail; neither will the dart, spear, nor javelin.

27 He treats iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

28 Arrows can't make him flee; slingstones he turns to straw.

29 He treats a club like straw; he laughs at the lance's rattle.