Job 40:18
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
- KJV
- His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
- WEB
- His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
- ASV
- His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
- DARBY
- His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
- BLB
- His bones [are] tubes of bronze; his limbs are like bars of iron.
- ÅB
- Dens ben er som kobberrør, dens knokler som jernstenger.
- OTB
- Dens bein er som rør av bronse,
dens lemmer som stenger av jern. - B1930
- Dens ben er som kobberrør, dens knokler som jernstenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Read in contextJob 7:12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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