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Job 39:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The range of the mountaines [is] his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The tops of mountains are his pasture, and he treads over every green thing.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The range 3491
{3491} Prime
יָתוּר
yathuwr
{yaw-thoor'}
Passive participle of H3498; properly what is left, that is, (by implication) a gleaning.
of the mountains 2022
{2022} Prime
הַר
har
{har}
A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).
[is] his pasture, 4829
{4829} Prime
מִרְעֶה
mir`eh
{meer-eh'}
From H7462 in the sense of feeding; pasture (the palce or the act); also the haunt of wild animals.
and he searcheth 1875
{1875} Prime
דּרשׁ
darash
{daw-rash'}
A primitive root; properly to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication to seek or ask; specifically to worship.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
after 310
{0310} Prime
אַחַר
'achar
{akh-ar'}
From H0309; properly the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjugation, after (in various senses).
every x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
green thing. 3387
{3387} Prime
יָרוֹק
yarowq
{yaw-roke'}
From H3417; green, that is, an herb.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 39:8

_ _ The range — literally, “searching,” “that which it finds by searching is his pasture.”

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 39:1-12.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 39:8

Mountains — He prefers that mean provision with his freedom, before the fattest pastures with servitude.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Job 40:20-22 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ... The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Genesis 1:29-30 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. ... And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Psalms 104:27-28 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season. ... [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Psalms 145:15-16 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. ... Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
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Gn 1:29. Jb 40:15, 20. Ps 104:27; 145:15.

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