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Parallel JOB 41:27

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 (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Iron is like straw to the sea dragon,
 ⇔ ≈ and bronze like rotten wood.OET logo mark

OET-LV (JOB 41:19) [fn] it_considers to_straw iron to_wood_of rottenness bronze.


_C41.htm#C41V27">41:19 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.27OET logo mark

UHB 19 יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְ⁠תֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְ⁠עֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ ‡
   (19 yaḩshoⱱ lə⁠teⱱen barzel lə⁠ˊēʦ riqqāⱱōn nəḩūshāh.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (JOB 41:19) Ἥγηται μὲν γὰρ σίδηρον ἄχυρα, χαλκὸν δὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν.
   (Haʸgaʸtai men gar sidaʸron aⱪura, ⱪalkon de hōsper xulon sathron.)

BrTr (JOB 41:19) For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.


ULT It regards iron as straw,
 ⇔ bronze as rotten wood.

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 & MSB He regards iron as straw
 ⇔ and bronze as rotten wood.

OEB No OEB JOB 41:27 book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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  •  It regards iron as straw,
 •  bronze as rotten wood.

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

Moff he treats a harpoon like a straw,
 ⇔ a bronze lance is like rotten wood;

JPS (JOB 41:19) (41-11) Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

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

DRA (JOB 41:18) For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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

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

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

SLT He will reckon iron for straw, and brass for wood of rottenness.

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

KJB-1769 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

KJB-1611 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brasse as rotten wood.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps He setteth asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brasse as by a rotten sticke.
   (He setteth as_much by iron as by a straw, and as_much by brass as by a rotten stick.)

Gnva No Gnva JOB 41:27 verse available

Cvdl 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 straw as by iron, and as much by a rotten stock as by metal.)

Wycl (JOB 41:18) For he schal arette irun as chaffis, and bras as rotun tre.
   (For he shall reckon/count iron as chaffs, and brass as rotten tree.)

Luth (JOB 41:19) Er achtet Eisen wie Stroh und Erz wie faul Holz.
   (He pay_attention iron as/like straw and ore as/like lazy wood.)

ClVg (JOB 41:18) reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum æs.
   (will_think_over because as_if straw iron, and as_if wood/timber rotten brass.)


HAP Hebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְ⁠תֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְ⁠עֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה

(Some words not found in UHB: regards to,straw iron to,wood_of rotten bronze )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: regards to,straw iron to,wood_of rotten bronze )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: regards to,straw iron to,wood_of rotten bronze )

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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