Job · Chapter 41

Job 41:27

¹Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?²Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?³Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?⁴Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?⁶Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?⁸Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?¹⁰None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?¹¹Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.¹²I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.¹³Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.¹⁵His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.¹⁶One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.¹⁷They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.¹⁸By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.²¹His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.²²In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.²⁵When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.²⁶The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.²⁹Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.³⁰Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.³¹He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.³²He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.³³Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.³⁴He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
27	He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.	He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.	He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
it considers	יַחְשֹׁ֣ב	yach-SHO	H2803J	to devise: design חָשַׁב (cha.shav) : design/skillful 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered
to straw	לְתֶ֣בֶן	le-TE-ven	H8401	straw תֶּ֫בֶן (te.ven) 1) straw, stubble 1a) as building material 1b) as fodder for livestock
iron	בַּרְזֶ֑ל	bar-ZEL	H1270	iron בַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) 1) iron 1a) iron 1a1) iron ore 1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements 2) tool of iron 3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (פַּרְזֶל "iron" H6523)
to wood of	לְעֵ֖ץ	le-'ETZ	H6086G	wood אָע (a) wood, beam, timber Aramaic of ets (עֵץ ": wood" H6086)
rottenness	רִקָּב֣וֹן	ri-ka-VON	H7539	rottenness רִקָּבוֹן (riq.qa.von) rottenness, decay, decayed
bronze	נְחוּשָֽׁה׃	ne-chu-SHAH	H5154	bronze נְחוּשָׁה (ne.chu.shah) 1) copper, bronze 1a) copper (made from melting copper ore) 1b) bronze (made from copper and alloy) Aramaic equivalent: ne.chash (נְחָשׁ "bronze" H5174)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.