Job 41:27 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.
English ASV
He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.
English Amplified
He counts iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He counts iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
English EASY 2024
It can easily break iron or bronze weapons. It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He breaks iron as easily as straw. He breaks bronze like rotten wood.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
For him iron is as flimsy as straw, and bronze as soft as rotten wood.
English God's Word - GW 1995
It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
English KJV 1611
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
English LSB
It regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He counts iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
It treats iron as if it were straw. It crushes bronze as if it were rotten wood.
English NIV
Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
English NKJ 1982
He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.
English NLT
To the crocodile, iron is nothing but straw, and bronze is rotten wood.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
It counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Iron is nothing but straw to him, and brass is rotten wood.
English Tyndale 1537
He sitteth as much by a straw as by iron, and as much by a rotten stock as by metal.