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Job 40:17
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KJ21
He moveth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
ASV
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
AMP
“He sways his tail like a cedar; The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].
AMPC
He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope].
BRG
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
CSB
He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
CSBA
He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
CEB
He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.
CJB
He can make his tail as stiff as a cedar, the muscles in his thighs are like cables,
CEV
and legs. Its tail is like a cedar tree, and its thighs are thick.
DARBY
He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
DRA
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
ERV
His tail stands strong like a cedar tree. His leg muscles are very strong.
EASY
Their tails are like the branches of a cedar tree. Their legs are thick and very strong.
EHV
He stiffens his tail like a cedar. The tendons of his thighs are tight.
ESV
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
ESVUK
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
EXB
Its tail ·is [stiffens] like a cedar tree; the ·muscles [sinews] of its thighs are woven together.
GNV
Can the trees cover him with their shadow? or can the willows of the river compass him about?
GW
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
GNT
His tail stands up like a cedar, and the muscles in his legs are strong.
HCSB
He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
ICB
His tail extends like a cedar tree. The muscles of his thighs are woven together.
ISV
His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.
JUB
He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
KJV
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
AKJV
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
LSB
It hangs its tail like a cedar; The sinews of its thighs are knit together.
LEB
It keeps its tail straight like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
TLB
His tail is as straight as a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit together.
MSG
“Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow— Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees. His skeleton is made of steel, every bone in his body hard as steel. Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb! The grass-covered hills serve him meals, while field mice frolic in his shadow. He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, cools himself in the reedy swamps, Lazily cool in the leafy shadows as the breeze moves through the willows. And when the river rages he doesn’t budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild. But you’d never want him for a pet— you’d never be able to housebreak him!”
MEV
He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are wrapped together.
NOG
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
NABRE
He carries his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are like cables.
NASB
He hangs his tail like a cedar; The tendons of his thighs are knit together.
NASB1995
“He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
NCB
Its tail is as stiff as a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are tightly knit.
NCV
Its tail is like a cedar tree; the muscles of its thighs are woven together.
NET
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
NIRV
Its tail sways back and forth like a cedar tree. The tendons of its thighs are close together.
NIV
Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
NIVUK
Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
NKJV
He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
NLV
He moves his tail like a cedar tree. His legs are made very strong.
NLT
Its tail is as strong as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.
NRSVA
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
NRSVACE
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
NRSVCE
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
NRSVUE
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
OJB
He moveth his zanav (tail) like a cedar branch; the sinews of his thighs are firmly interwoven.
RGT
“The trees cover him with their shadow. The willows of the river surround him.
RSV
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
RSVCE
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
TLV
He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
VOICE
Its bends like a cedar, the sinews of its powerful thighs are woven tightly.
WEB
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
WYC
He constraineth his tail as a cedar (His tail standeth up like a cedar); the sinews of his stones of engendering be folded together.
YLT
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
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