“His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.”
God continues 'His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.' This verse uses metaphorical language of metal (bronze and iron) to describe Behemoth's physical structure. The metaphor suggests hardness, strength, and imperishability. The bones and limbs, the very structure of the creature, are as strong as metal. The verse emphasizes that Behemoth's strength is not merely muscular but structural; the creature is built for power. Job cannot match such strength; humans are built of flesh and bone far more fragile than Behemoth. The verse invites Job to contemplate the vast strength of a creature that Job did not make and does not control.
Church Fathers on Job 40:18
His bones are as pipes of brass. In the body they are bones which hold the members together, and members which are held together. This beast then has flesh, it has bones also; because there are some wicked persons, who are yet retained in error by others, and others still more wicked who retain others also in error. What else then do we understand by the bones of Antichrist, but some more powerful persons in his body? in whose hearts while iniquity has become greatly…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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