25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

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25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;(A)
    they retreat before its thrashing.(B)
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect,
    nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.(C)
27 Iron it treats like straw(D)
    and bronze like rotten wood.
28 Arrows do not make it flee;(E)
    slingstones are like chaff to it.
29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw;(F)
    it laughs(G) at the rattling of the lance.
30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
    leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.(H)

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