Job 6:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:18 : 18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.
  • Job 41:24 : 24 Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.

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