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19 He is the grandest[a] of God’s undertakings,[b]
    yet his creator is approaching him with his sword.[c]

20 Mountains produce food for him,
    where all the wild animals frolic.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
    hiding under reeds and marshes.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:19 Or first
  2. Job 40:19 Lit. ways
  3. Job 40:19 I.e. God was about to make Behemoth extinct
  4. Job 40:21 Lit. reed and marsh

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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