Job 41:17
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν συναντήσωσιν αὐτῷ λόγχαι, οὐδὲν μὴ ποιήσωσιν δόρυ καὶ θώρακα·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Job 41:18
- מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Plate. Protestants, "habergeon." The precise nature of these arms is not known. (Calmet)
Neither offensive or defensive weapons can avail. (Menochius)
All agree that the crocodile can be pierced only under the belly. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.