41:26 Whoever strikes it with a sword 1
will have no effect, 2
nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.
1 tn This is the clearest reading, following A. B. Davidson, Job, 285. The versions took different readings of the construction.
2 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “stand”) with בְּלִי (bÿli, “not”) has the sense of “does not hold firm,” or “gives way.”