Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Job 40:19 in other translations
| BSB | He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. |
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| WEB | He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. |
| ASV | He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword. |
| YLT | He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword; |
| DARBY | He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword. |
| BBE | He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure. |
| Webster | He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach him. |
What does Job 40:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:15-24
15-24. God shows that if Job cannot bring under control the lower animals (of which he selects the two most striking, behemoth on land, leviathan in the water), much less is he capable of governing the world. behemoth--The description in part agrees with the hippopotamus, in part with the elephant, but exactly in all details with neither. It is rather a poetical personification of the great Pachydermata, or…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:15-24
God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt, called the river-horse, or hippopotamus. This vast animal is noticed as an argument to humble ourselves before the great God; for he created this vast animal, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. Whatever strength…
Job 40:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 40:19
- Job 41:33
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
- Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Job 26:13
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
- Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
- Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Job 40:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Tomarálo alguno por sus ojos en armadijos, y horadará su nariz? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il est la première des voies de ✶Dieu: celui qui l’a fait lui a fourni son épée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Fängt man ihn wohl vor seinen Augen, durchbohrt man ihm die Nase mit einem Fangseile? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus. |