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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

Job 6:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
KJV
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?of brass: Heb. brasen?
WEB
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
ASV
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
LSV
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh bronze?
YLT
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
DBY
Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
DRC
My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.
GNV
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?
JPS
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
LXXE
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־כֹּ֣חַ אֲבָנִ֣ים כֹּחִ֑י אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִ֥י נָחֽוּשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἰσχὺς λίθων ἡ ἰσχύς μου; ἢ αἱ σάρκες μου εἰσὶ χάλκεαι;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 40:18His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
  • Job 41:24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

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