Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Job 40:18 in other translations
| BSB | His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron. |
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| WEB | His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron. |
| ASV | His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron. |
| YLT | His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron. |
| DARBY | His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron. |
| BBE | His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron. |
| Webster | His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. |
What does Job 40:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:15-24
15-24. God shows that if Job cannot bring under control the lower animals (of which he selects the two most striking, behemoth on land, leviathan in the water), much less is he capable of governing the world. behemoth--The description in part agrees with the hippopotamus, in part with the elephant, but exactly in all details with neither. It is rather a poetical personification of the great Pachydermata, or…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:15-24
God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt, called the river-horse, or hippopotamus. This vast animal is noticed as an argument to humble ourselves before the great God; for he created this vast animal, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. Whatever strength…
Job 40:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 40:18
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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Context
- Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
- Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
- Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Job 40:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí que él tomará el río sin inmutarse: y confíase que el Jordán pasará por su boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ses os sont des tubes d’airain, ses membres sont des barres de fer! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Siehe, der Strom schwillt mächtig an, er flieht nicht ängstlich davon; er bleibt wohlgemut, wenn ein Jordan gegen sein Maul hervorbricht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus. |