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


In Context

16 Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

18 His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.

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

20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:19He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

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 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.