King James Version

Job 40:18

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

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עֲ֭צָמָיוatsamayvbodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.אֲפִיקֵ֣יafiqestrong pieceאָפִיקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “strong piece”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH650properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a herobrook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.נְחוּשָׁ֑הnechushahbrassנְחוּשָׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “brass”, the ordinary formH5154copperbrass, steel. Compare H5176 (נָחָשׁ).גְּ֝רָמָ֗יוgeramayvboneגֶּרֶםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1634a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) verybone, strong, top.כִּמְטִ֥ילkimtilas barמְטִילpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as bar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4300an iron bar (as forged)bar.בַּרְזֶֽלbarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

Young’s Literal Translation

His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

World English Bible

His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.

Darby Translation

His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

Douay-Rheims

Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is as cast iron.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ, πλευραὶ χάλκειαι, ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός.