Job 40:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

¹⁸Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

¹⁹In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

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Job 40:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.^(A)
¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs^(B) like rods of iron.^(C)
¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God,^(D)
    yet its Maker^(E) can approach it with his sword.^(F)

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Job 40:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

¹⁸His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

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

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