Job 40:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁷ He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

Job 40:17 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 10:11

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

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 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.