19He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.


In Context

16 What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly!

17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.

19 He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

20 The hills bring him their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

21 Under the lotus plants he lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

Job 40:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of the ways of God: he only that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:19He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him.