Job · Chapter 40

Job 40:16

¹Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,²Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.³Then Job answered the LORD, and said,⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.⁵Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.⁶Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,⁷Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.⁸Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?⁹Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.¹¹Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.¹²Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.¹³Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.¹⁵Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.¹⁶Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.¹⁷He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.¹⁸His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.²¹He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.²³Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.²⁴He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
16	Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.	See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.	Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
there!	הִנֵּה־	hi-neh-	H2009	behold הִנֵּה (hin.neh) behold, lo, see, if
please	נָ֣א	na'	H4994	please נָא (na) 1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
strength its	כֹח֣וֹ	kho-CHO	H3581B	strength כֹּחַ (ko.ach) 1) strength, power, might 1a) human strength 1b) strength (of angels) 1c) power (of God) 1d) strength (of animals) 1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil)
[is] in loins its	בְמָתְנָ֑יו	ve-ma-te-NAV	H4975	loin מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) 1) loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (זַרְזִיר "greyhound" H2223) in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
and power its	וְ֝אֹנ֗וֹ	ve-'o-NO	H0202	strength אוֹן (on) 1) vigour, generative power 2) wealth 3) physical strength (of men and behemoth)
in [the] muscles of	בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י	bish-ri-REI	H8306	muscle שָׁרִיר (sha.rir) sinew, muscle
belly its	בִטְנֽוֹ׃	vit-NO	H0990G	belly: abdomen בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) : abdomen 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.