JOB 41:27 Parallel View

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UST An iron weapon could not hurt it any more than straw could.
⇔ A bronze weapon could not hurt it any more than a weapon made of rotten wood.

BSB He regards iron as straw
⇔ and bronze as rotten wood.

OEB He counteth iron as straw,
⇔ And brass as rotten wood;

WEB He counts iron as straw,
⇔ and bronze as rotten wood.

NET It regards iron as straw
 ⇔ and bronze as rotten wood.

LSV He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

FBV It brushes aside iron like straw, and bronze like rotten wood.

T4T They certainly are not afraid of weapons made of straw or rotten wood,
⇔ but they are not even afraid of weapons made of iron or bronze!

LEB No LEB JOB 41:27 verse available

BBE Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS (41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

ASV He counteth iron as straw,
 ⇔ And brass as rotten wood.

DRA No DRA JOB 41:27 verse available

YLT He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

DBY He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

RV He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

WBS He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

KJB He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
(He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. )

BB He setteth asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brasse as by a rotten sticke.

GNV No GNV JOB 41:27 verse available

CB He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yro, and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall.
(He setteth as much by a strawe as by yro, and as much by a rotten stocke as by metall.)

WYC No WYC JOB 41:27 verse available

LUT No LUT JOB 41:27 verse available

CLV No CLV JOB 41:27 verse available

BRN No BRN JOB 41:27 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX JOB 41:27 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְ⁠תֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְ⁠עֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה

(yaḩshoⱱ lə⁠teⱱen barzel lə⁠ˊēʦ riqqāⱱōn nəḩūshāh)

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “It regards iron as straw, and it regards bronze as rotten wood”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְ⁠תֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְ⁠עֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה

(yaḩshoⱱ lə⁠teⱱen barzel lə⁠ˊēʦ riqqāⱱōn nəḩūshāh)

The point of this comparison is that just as straw is flimsy and rotten wood falls apart, so Leviathan considers iron to be flimsy and bronze to be a substance that would fall apart. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “It considers iron to be as flimsy as straw, and it regards bronze as something that would fall apart like rotten wood”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְ⁠תֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְ⁠עֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה

(yaḩshoⱱ lə⁠teⱱen barzel lə⁠ˊēʦ riqqāⱱōn nəḩūshāh)

Yahweh is speaking as if Leviathan could intelligently make judgments about the strength of metals that might be used to make weapons that people would use against it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “An iron weapon that someone might use against it would be as flimsy as straw, and a bronze weapon that someone might use against it would fall apart”

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