Job 40:19
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- 26 Heb “the ways of God.” This may be a reference to Gen 1:24, where the first of the animal creation was the cattle—béhemah (בְּהֵמָה).
- 27 The literal reading of the 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 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).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“He is the first of the works of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He is the foremost of God’s works;
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
It is a prime example of God’s handiwork,
and only its Creator can threaten it.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He is the chief of the ways of God:
He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
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