King James Version
Job 40:20 in the King James Version says “Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.” — study this verse from Job chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.”
Job 40:20 · KJV
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“bring him forth”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“where all the beasts”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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