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17 It keeps its tail straight like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
18 Its bones are tubes of copper,
its limbs like rods of iron.
19 “It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:19 See NET; nearly all other English translations: “Only his Maker can draw the sword against him” (NJPS; compare NLT), or “only its Maker can approach it with the sword” (NRSV, NIV, ESV, HCSB, NASU)

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

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