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18 His bones are tubes of bronze.
His skeleton is like bars of iron.
19 He stands at the head of God’s creatures,
but his Maker draws near with his sword.[a]
20 Yes, the mountains carry their floodwaters[b] to him.
All the wild animals play there.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:19 Or his Maker provided him with his sword
  2. Job 40:20 Or food. The word occurs only here. The translation accepts the view that it is derived from a verb that means flow violently. Many translations accept a derivation from a verb that means produce.