King James Version
Job 40:16 in the King James Version says “Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.” — study this verse from Job chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.”
Job 40:16 · KJV
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. behemoth: or the Elephant as some think
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. He: or, He setteth up
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“Lo now his strength”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“is in his loins”
H4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
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