Job 40:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.”

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BSBPD

“The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 40:20 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  2. Job 40:15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
  3. Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  4. Psalms 104:26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
  5. Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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