Job Chapter 40 verse 18 Holy Bible
His bones are `as' tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
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Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
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His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
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His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
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Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
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His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
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His bones `are' tubes of brass, His bones `are' as a bar of iron.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - His bones are as strong pieces of brass; rather, as tubes of bronze. The great thigh-bones - μηρία of the Greeks - are probably intended. These are hollow, being filled with marrow, and are so strong that they may be well compared to "tubes of bronze." (On the identity of nekhushah or nekhosheth with "bronze" rather than "brass," see the article on "Brass," in Dr. W. Smith's 'Dictionary of the Bible,' vol. 1. p. 225.) His bones (rather, his ribs) are like bars of iron. Either the ribs, or the solid bones of the lower leg, forearm, etc., are intended.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Strong pieces.--Or, perhaps, tubes. His limbs are like bars of iron.
