Job 40:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit 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

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

Job 10:11

Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Job 40:16

Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:18

His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

Job 41:23

The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.