18 His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
Job 40:18
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Job 41:23–25
23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. 24 His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone! 25 When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
Song of Solomon 5:13–15
13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. 14 His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires. 15 His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold.…
Daniel 2:32–34
32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze, 33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay. 34 As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet…
Job 21:23–25
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease. 24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow. 25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Job 6:11–13
11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? 13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
Sirach 28:19–21
19 Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands. (WEB) 20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (WEB) 21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than… (WEB)
1 Samuel 17:5–7
5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, 6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. 7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point…
Daniel 10:5–7
5 I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. 6 His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam…
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