Job 40:17
Strong's Lexicon
His tail
זְנָב֣וֹ (zə·nā·ḇōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2180: 1) tail, end, stump

sways
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ (yaḥ·pōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2654: 1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of God 1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do 2) to move, bend down 2a) (Qal) to bend down

like
כְמוֹ־ (ḵə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3644: adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

a cedar;
אָ֑רֶז (’ā·rez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 730: 1) cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications)

the sinews
גִּידֵ֖י (gî·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1517: 1) sinew

of
[פחדו] (p̄a·ḥă·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

his thighs
(פַחֲדָ֣יו) (p̄a·ḥă·ḏāw)
Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6344: 1) thigh

are tightly knit.
יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ (yə·śō·rā·ḡū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8276: 1) to be intertwined 1a) (Pual) to be intertwined 1b) (Hithpael) to intertwine oneself

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

Young's Literal Translation
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stiffens his  tail like  a cedar tree; the tendons of his  thighs are woven firmly together.

New American Standard Bible
"He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

King James Bible
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

New Living Translation
Its tail is as strong as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.

English Standard Version
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

New American Standard Bible
"He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

King James Bible
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

International Standard Version
His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.

NET Bible
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

American Standard Version
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

English Revised Version
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Young's Literal Translation
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
















Cross References
Genesis 1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Job 40:16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Job 40:14
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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