Job 40:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 40:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 40:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 40:18 — KJV
“His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.”
— Job 40:18 (KJV)
Job 40:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 40:18
“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:”
Shares key themes with Job 40:18: pieces, brass, bars
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:18: pieces, brass, like
“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:18: pieces, like, iron
“All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?”
Shares key themes with Job 40:18: bones, strong, like
“For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:18: brass, bars, iron
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