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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]
20 Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
and all wild animals[b] play there.

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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)
  2. Job 40:20 Literally “all the animals of the field”

18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs(A) like rods of iron.(B)
19 It ranks first among the works of God,(C)
    yet its Maker(D) can approach it with his sword.(E)
20 The hills bring it their produce,(F)
    and all the wild animals play(G) nearby.(H)

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