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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
KJV
¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.behemoth: probably an extinct animal of some kind
WEB
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
ASV
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
LSV
Now behold, behemoth, || That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
YLT
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
DBY
See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
DRC40:10
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
GNV40:10
Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
JPS
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
LXXE
But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הִנֵּה־נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοὶ, χόρτον ἶσα βουσὶν ἐσθίουσιν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 40:20The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
  • Genesis 1:24–26And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. God made the beasts of the earth according…
  • Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  • Job 39:8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

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  • 40:10 in some Bibles
  • 40:15 in most Bibles

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