JOB 41:27 Parallel Verse View

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

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).

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.

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

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

Moff No Moff 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.

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

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

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 asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brass as by a rotten sticke.)

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 strawe as by yro, and as much by a rotten stocke as by metall.)

Wycl No Wycl JOB 41:27 verse available

Luth No Luth JOB 41:27 verse available

ClVg No ClVg 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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