Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
He counts iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
New American Standard Bible
Bronze as rotten wood.
King James Version
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Holman Bible
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.
Bible in Basic English
Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft 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 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.
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
26 The sword overtakes him, but will not hold firm. The spear, the dart, and the javelin also. 27 He counts iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. 28 An arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned by him into stubble.