Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

He counts iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Julia Smith Translation

He will reckon iron for straw, and brass for wood of rottenness

King James 2000

He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

Lexham Expanded Bible

It regards iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Modern King James verseion

He counts iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He setteth as much by a straw as by iron, and as much by a rotten stock as by metal.

NET Bible

It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

as straw
תּבן 
Teben 
Usage: 17

and brass
נחשׁה נחוּשׁה 
N@chuwshah 
Usage: 10

as rotten
רקּבון 
Riqqabown 
Usage: 1

References

Easton

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

26 The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron. 27 Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood. 28 The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

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