Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?

He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

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