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Job 40:19
Job 40:19 is verse 19 of Job chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
Hebrew ways
King James Version
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
World English Bible
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
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Job 40:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
19 He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
21 He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.