Job 39:8
He will survey the mountains as his pasture, 1 And he seeks after every green thing. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
In Context
7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, 1 And hears not the chiding of the tax gatherer. 1
9And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, 1 Or to lie down at thy manger? 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
Job 40:15But now look at the wild beasts with thee; 1 They eat grass like oxen. 1
Psalms 104:27He established among them his signs, 1 And his wonders in the land of Ham. 1
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 →