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Job 40:19-21
Contemporary English Version

19 I made it more powerful
than any other creature,
    yet I am stronger still.
20 Undisturbed, it eats grass
while the other animals
    play nearby.[a]
* 21 It rests in the shade of trees
    along the riverbank

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  1. 40.20 nearby: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 20.
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Job 40:19-21
New International Version

19 It ranks first among the works of God,(A)
    yet its Maker(B) can approach it with his sword.(C)
20 The hills bring it their produce,(D)
    and all the wild animals play(E) nearby.(F)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds(G) in the marsh.(H)

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