Job 40:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The shades cover his shadow: the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

Job 40:17 Cross References

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 10:11

You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Job 40:16

Its strength is in its loins and its power in the muscles of its belly.

Job 40:18

Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

Job 41:23

The folds of its flesh cling together; it is firmly cast and immovable.