Job 41:27 (WEB)
He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“…the sea of this world, and are hastening to reach the haven of salvation:“His head stands in the ships of the fishermen like an anvil that cannot be wearied:he counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.” — editor's note: xli. 27.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…as straw, and brass as rotten wood, yea he counteth the sea as a pot of ointment, and the depth of the abyss as a captive, and the abyss as a covered walk.”” — editor's note: Job xli. 27 sq.
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