Job 41:27

27 Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.

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 Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence.

26 Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.

27 Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.

28 Arrows don't even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops.

29 A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.