Job 40:20 {15}
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To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

the mountains

Job 40:15 Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

Psalm 147:8,9 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men. . . .

where

Psalm 104:14,26 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: . . .

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
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.21He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.…
Cross References
Job 40:21
He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

Psalm 104:14
Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

Psalm 104:26
There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.

Lexicon
The hills
הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

yield
יִשְׂאוּ־ (yiś·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

him
ל֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

their produce,
ב֭וּל (ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 944: Produce, outgrowth

while all
וְֽכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the beasts
חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

of the field
הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

play
יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־ (yə·śa·ḥă·qū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7832: To laugh, to play

nearby.
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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

And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.

For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play.

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

Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

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