12
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
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Verse 12. Brass. This is proverbial. Homer (Iliad A) says, “Attack the Greeks; their skin is neither of stone, ( Calmet.) iron, or brass.” Those who are aware of their own frailty, ought not to expose themselves to dangerous company, particularly to those of the other sex.
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