Job 41:27

27 "He regards 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 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

27 "He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

28 "The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.