Job 40:19 {14}
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He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

the chief

Job 26:13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.

Psalm 104:24 How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

he that

Psalm 7:12 Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea.

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
18His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. 19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.20To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.…
Cross References
Job 40:15
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

Job 40:18
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Job 41:33
There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

Lexicon
He
ה֭וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is the foremost
רֵאשִׁ֣ית (rê·šîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7225: The first, in place, time, order, rank

of God’s
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

works;
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

only his Maker
הָ֝עֹשׂוֹ (hā·‘ō·śōw)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

can draw the sword
חַרְבּֽוֹ׃ (ḥar·bōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

against him.
יַגֵּ֥שׁ (yag·gêš)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach


Additional Translations
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him.

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

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

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

He is the chief of the ways of God: he only 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 him.

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

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