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Job 41:27

Job 41:27
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The arrow cannot make him flee,.... The skin of the crocodile is so hard, as Peter Martyr says, that it cannot be pierced with arrows, as before observed; therefore it is not afraid of them, nor will…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He esteemeth iron as straw - He regards instruments made of iron and brass as if they were straw or rotten wood. That is, they make no impression on him. This will agree better with the crocodile than…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 41:11-34

God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is,

I. God's sovereign dominion and…