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Job 40:19

NETBible	It ranks first among the works of God,¹ the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.²
NIV © biblegateway Job 40:19	He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.
NASB © biblegateway Job 40:19	"He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword.
NLT © biblegateway Job 40:19	It is a prime example of God’s amazing handiwork. Only its Creator can threaten it.
MSG © biblegateway Job 40:19	Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb!
BBE © SABDAweb Job 40:19	He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 40:19	"It is the first of the great acts of God—only its Maker can approach it with the sword.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 40:19	He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
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KJV	He [is] the chief <07225> of the ways <01870> of God <0410>_: he that made <06213> (8802) him can make <05066> (0) his sword <02719> to approach <05066> (8686) [unto him].
NASB © biblegateway Job 40:19	"He is the first <07225> of the ways <01870> of God <0410> ; Let his maker <06213> bring <05066> near <05066> his sword <02719> .
LXXM	tout <3778> D-NSN estin <1510> V-PAI-3S arch <746> N-NSF plasmatov <4110> N-GSN kuriou <2962> N-GSM pepoihmenon <4160> V-RPPAS egkatapaizesyai {V-PMN} upo <5259> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM aggelwn <32> N-GPM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	It <01931> ranks first <07225> among the works <01870> of God <0410> , the One who made <06213> it has furnished <05066> it with a sword <02719> .
HEBREW	wbrx <02719> sgy <05066> wveh <06213> la <0410> ykrd <01870> tysar <07225> awh (40:19) <01931>

NETBible

It ranks first among the works of God,¹ the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the ways of God.”

¹sn This may be a reference to Gen 1:24, where the first of the animal creation was the cattle – bÿhemah (בְּהֵמָה).

²tc The literal reading of the MT is “let the one who made him draw near [with] his sword.” The sword is apparently a reference to the teeth or tusks of the animal, which cut vegetation like a sword. But the idea of a weapon is easier to see, and so the people who favor the mythological background see here a reference to God’s slaying the Beast. There are again many suggestions on how to read the line. The RV probably has the safest: “He that made him has furnished him with his sword” (the sword being a reference to the sharp tusks with which he can attack).