King James Version

Job 41:27

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:19.

יַחְשֹׁ֣בyachshovregardחָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “regard”, an unfinished actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.לְתֶ֣בֶןletevento chaffתֶּבֶןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to chaff”, the ordinary formH8401properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)chaff, straw, stubble.בַּרְזֶ֑לbarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.לְעֵ֖ץleetsto treeעֵץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.רִקָּב֣וֹןriqavonrottenרִקָּבוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “rotten”, the ordinary formH7539decay (by caries)rotten.נְחוּשָֽׁהnechushahbrassנְחוּשָׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “brass”, the ordinary formH5154copperbrass, steel. Compare H5176 (נָחָשׁ).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

Young’s Literal Translation

He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

World English Bible

He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

Darby Translation

He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἥγηται μὲν γὰρ σίδηρον ἄχυρα, χαλκὸν δὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν.