God continues 'He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.' This verse characterizes Leviathan as treating metal (iron and brass) as worthless materials. Iron, which humans regard as strong, is to Leviathan as straw. Brass, also a metal of value to humans, is to Leviathan as rotten wood. The verse establishes that Leviathan's strength is so great that human materials of strength are worthless against it. The creature renders human craft and metalwork useless.

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