Parallel JOB 40:19

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BSB He is the foremost of God’s works;[fn]
⇔ only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

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OEB He is chief of the ways of God,
⇔ Made to lord it over his fellows.

WEB  ⇔ He is the chief of the ways of God.
⇔ He who made him gives him his sword.

MSG ^(15-24)“Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you.
  Grazing on grass, docile as a cow—
Just look at the strength of his back,
  the powerful muscles of his belly.
His tail sways like a cedar in the wind;
  his huge legs are like beech trees.
His skeleton is made of steel,
  every bone in his body hard as steel.
Most magnificent of all my creatures,
  but I still lead him around like a lamb!
The grass-covered hills serve him meals,
  while field mice frolic in his shadow.
He takes afternoon naps under shade trees,
  cools himself in the reedy swamps,
Lazily cool in the leafy shadows
  as the breeze moves through the willows.
And when the river rages he doesn’t budge,
  stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild.
But you’d never want him for a pet—
  you’d never be able to housebreak him!”

NET It ranks first among the works of God,
 ⇔ the One who made it
 ⇔ has furnished it with a sword.

LSV He [is] a beginning of the ways of God,
His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;

FBV It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.[fn]

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T4T They are among the strongest of the animals that I made,
⇔ and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.

LEB  • is the first of God’s actions; the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.[fn]

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BBE He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.

ASV  ⇔ He is the chief of the ways of God:
 ⇔ He only that made him giveth him his sword.

DRA In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

YLT He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

DBY He is the chief of [fn]God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

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RV He is the chief of the ways of God: he only that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

WBS He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach him .

KJB He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
  (He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. )

BB He is the chiefe of the wayes of God, he that made him wyl make his sword to approche vnto him.
  (He is the chiefe of the ways of God, he that made him will make his sword to approche unto him.)

GNV Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
  (Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoever meeteth him. )

CB First when God made him, he ordened the wyldernesse for him,
  (First when God made him, he ordened the wilderness for him,)

WYC He schal take hem bi `the iyen of hym, as bi an hook; and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perse hise nosethirlis.
  (He shall take them by `the iyen of him, as by an hook; and by scharpe schaftis he shall perse his nosethirlis.)

LUT Er ist der Anfang der Wege Gottes; der ihn gemacht hat, der greift ihn an mit seinem Schwert.
  (Er is the beginning the Wege God’s; the him/it made has, the greift him/it at with seinem Schwert.)

CLV In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.
  (In oculis his as_if hamo capiet him, and in sudibus perforabit nares his. )

BRN This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.

BrLXX Τουτέστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος Κυρίου· πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ.
  (Toutestin arⱪaʸ plasmatos Kuriou; pepoiaʸmenon egkatapaizesthai hupo tōn angelōn autou. )