The LORD Challenges Job Again
Job 40:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
- KJV
- He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.He…: or, He setteth up
- WEB
- He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
- ASV
- He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
- LSV
- He bends his tail as a cedar, || The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
- YLT
- He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
- DBY
- He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
- DRC40:12
- He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
- GNV40:12
- When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
- JPS
- He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
- LXXE
- He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
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- Written (Ketiv): פַחֲדוֹ (“thigh its”). Read aloud (Qere): פַחֲדָ֣יו (“thighs its”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads פַחֲדָ֣ו; read aloud (Qere) reads פַחֲדָ֣יו (“thighs its”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פחדו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): פַחֲדָ֣יו
- LXX-Br
- Ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον, τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 41:23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 40:12 in some Bibles
- 40:17 in most Bibles