Job 39:8
What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
In Context
7He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not.
9Will the forest-ox be willing to serve thee, or will he stay over night at thy crib?
Cross References
Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree on which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
Job 40:15Only behold Behemoth, which I made near thee: grass he eateth like the ox.
Psalms 104:27All of these wait upon thee, to give them their food in its due season.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5… Read the whole commentary →