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

The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.