Job 41:27

27 It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like 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 mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises. Broken down, they draw back.

26 A sword may strike it but not pierce it. Neither will a spear, lance, or dart.

27 It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood.

28 An arrow won't make it run away. Stones from a sling turn to dust against it.

29 It considers clubs to be like stubble, and it laughs at a rattling javelin.