Job 41:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.

New Living Translation
Iron is nothing but straw to that creature, and bronze is like rotten wood.

English Standard Version
He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

Berean Study Bible
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

New American Standard Bible
“He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

NASB 1995
"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

NASB 1977
“He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

Amplified Bible
“He considers iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

Christian Standard Bible
He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

Contemporary English Version
and weapons of bronze or iron are as useless as straw or rotten wood.

Good News Translation
For him iron is as flimsy as straw, and bronze as soft as rotten wood.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood.

International Standard Version
He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree.

NET Bible
It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

New King James Version
He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.

King James 2000 Bible
He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

New Heart English Bible
He counts iron as straw; and bronze as rotten wood.

World English Bible
He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

American King James Version
He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

American Standard Version
He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

A Faithful Version
He esteems iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Darby Bible Translation
He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

English Revised Version
He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Webster's Bible Translation
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(41:18) He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(41:18) He setteth asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brasse as by a rotten sticke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yro, and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Young's Literal Translation
He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

Smith's Literal Translation
He will reckon iron for straw, and brass for wood of rottenness.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Iron is considered as straw to him, and brass is as rotten wood with a boring worm in it

Lamsa Bible
And the strong are humbled.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He esteemeth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
















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