Job 40:18

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

His bones [are] tubes of bronze, || His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

YLT

His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

DBY

His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

DRC40:13

His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

GNV40:13

His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.

JPS

His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

LXXE

His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is as cast iron.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

LXX-Br

Αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ, πλευραὶ χάλκειαι, ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

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