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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:16

In 11 translations

BSB
See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
KJV
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
WEB
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
ASV
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
LSV
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, || And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
YLT
Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
DBY
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
DRC40:11
His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
GNV40:11
Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
JPS
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
LXXE
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הִנֵּה־נָ֣א כֹח֣וֹ בְמָתְנָ֑יו וְ֝אֹנ֗וֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י בִטְנֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ δὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀσφύϊ, ἡ δὲ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός·

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  • 40:11 in some Bibles
  • 40:16 in most Bibles

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