Job 41:27

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

American King James Version (AKJV)

He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

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

Webster's Revision

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

World English Bible

He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Barnes's Job 41:27 Bible Commentary

He esteemeth iron as straw - He regards instruments made of iron and brass as if they were straw or rotten wood. That is, they make no impression on him. This will agree better with the crocodile than any other animal. So hard is his skin, that a musket-ball will not penetrate it; see numerous quotations proving the hardness of the skin of the crooodile, in Bochart.