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Job 40:19-21
Lexham English Bible

19 “It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.[a]
20 Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
and all wild animals[b] play there.
21 Under the lotus tree it lies,
in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:19 See NET; nearly all other English translations: “Only his Maker can draw the sword against him” (NJPS; compare NLT), or “only its Maker can approach it with the sword” (NRSV, NIV, ESV, HCSB, NASU)
  2. Job 40:20 Literally “all the animals of the field”
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Job 40:19-21
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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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