OET interlinear JOB 41:27

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”