Job 39:8

Translations

Modern

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Traditional

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Literal

He searches out the mountains for his pasture, and after every green thing he searches.

Latin

Circumspicit montes pascuæ suæ, et virentia quæque perquirit.

Original

Hebrew

English

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 104:27–28
All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Psalm 145:15–16
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Job 40:15
Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
Job 40:20–22
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
Genesis 1:29–30
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Glossary

Book of Job Donkey Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Beasts: Unclean: Wild Ass God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To the Wild Donkey: Ranges the Mountains for Food

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