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Job 40:15

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

KJV

Huic montes herbas ferunt : omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.

Vulgate

ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ·

LXX

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

ASV

הִנֵּה נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑/ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּ/בָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בְ֭הֵמוֹת
bhmvt
noun · 1×
בָּקָר֙
bqr
noun · 180×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
חֲצִ֣יר
chtsyr
noun · 21×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:22 — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
  • Gen 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.