Job 40:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”
Job 40:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 40:17 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 40:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 40:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.”
Job 40:17 — World English Bible
Job 40:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.”
Job 40:17 — American Standard Version
Job 40:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,”
Job 40:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 40:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.”
Job 40:17 — Darby Translation
Job 40:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?”
Job 40:17 — Geneva Bible
Job 40:17 in Context — Job 40
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
What Does Job 40:17 Mean?
Job 40:17 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 40. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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