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Job 40:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 40:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 40:186 words
HebrewMeaning
עֲ֭צָמָי/וʿăṣāmāyw
bones itsnounH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
אֲפִיקֵ֣יʾăpiyqēy
are tubes ofnounH650
channel · mighty · river · scale ···
נְחוּשָׁ֑הnəḥwšāh
bronzenounH5154
steel. Compare
גְּ֝רָמָ֗י/וgərāmāyw
limbs itsnounH1634
strong · top
כִּ/מְטִ֥ילkiməṭiyl
are like a rod ofpronH4300
בַּרְזֶֽלbarəzel
ironnounH1270
iron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 32 §28
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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