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Job 40:20

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

KJV

An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus ?

Vulgate

ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, ⸂⸆⸃ περιθήσεις δὲ φορβεὰν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ;

LXX

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

ASV

כִּֽי ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ ל֑/וֹ וְֽ/כָל חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝/שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ב֥וּל
bvl
noun · 2×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Ps 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
  • Ps 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.