Job 40:19
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, || His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
In Context
18His bones [are] tubes of bronze, || His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
20For mountains bear food for him, || And all the beasts of the field play there.
Cross References
Job 41:33There is not on the earth his like, || That is made without terror.
Psalms 104:24How many have been Your works, O YHWH, || You have made all of them in wisdom, || The earth is full of your possessions.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:16-24
Description of Behemoth. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the… Read the whole commentary →