Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
KJV
In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.
Vulgate
ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν; ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα;
LXX
He is the chief of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.
ASV
ה֭וּא רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכֵי אֵ֑ל הָ֝/עֹשׂ/וֹ יַגֵּ֥שׁ חַרְבּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה
h
verb · 124×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
r'shyt
noun · 51×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel. That people which was called of old the people of God was divided into twelve tribes, and over and above the other tribes it had the levitical order, which itself again carried on the service of God in various priestly and levitical suborders. In the same manner, it appears to me that the whole people of Christ, when we regard it in t…
Cross-references
- Isa 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Job 41:33 — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
- Job 41:33 — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.