Job 6:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 40:18 : 18 His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
Job 41:24 : 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

Similar Verses (AI)

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10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Job 40:18
75%
18His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
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4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Ps 31:10
72%
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Ps 22:15
72%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Job 30:2
72%
2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
Job 13:14
72%
14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
Job 9:19
71%
19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
Job 40:8-9
2 verses
71%
8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Lam 3:18
71%
18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Job 23:6
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6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
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26My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Job 28:2
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2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
Jer 15:12
70%
12[Can one break] [iron,] [even iron] [from the north,] [and brass?]
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5Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,
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Job 36:19
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19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
Job 21:4
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4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Job 41:27
70%
27He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
Job 17:15
70%
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Job 30:18-19
2 verses
69%
18By [God's] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 31:22
69%
22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
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