Job 39:8

Job 39:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
• New International Version (NIV)It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.

Context of Job 39:8

6To whom I gave the wilderness as his home And the salt land as his dwelling place? 7He scorns the tumult of the city, And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster. He explores the mountains as his pasture And searches after every green thing. 9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night? 10Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow? Or will he plow the valleys for you?

Job 39:8 word by word

יְת֣וּר הָרִ֣ים מִרְעֵ֑הוּ וְאַחַ֖ר כָּל־יָר֣וֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The rangeיְתוּרyâthûr · remainderH3491
• of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• his pastureמִרְעֶהmir‛eh · pastureH4829
• and he searchethדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• every green thingיָרוֹקyârôq · greenH3387

Cross-references for Job 39:8

• Job 40:15“Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.
• Genesis 1:29So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
• Psalms 104:27They all wait for You To give them their food in its appointed season.
• Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation], And You give them their food in due time.

Commentaries on Job 39:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The range of the mountains - The mountains and desert places are his peculiar places of pasture; and he lives on any thing that is green, or any kind of vegetable production.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The range of the mountains is his pasture - The word rendered “range” יתור yâthûr means properly a “searching out,” and then that which is obtained by search. The word “range” expresses the idea with sufficient exactness. The usual range of the wild ass is the mountains. Pallas, who has given a full description of the habits of the Onager, or wild ass, states, that it, especially loves desolate hills as its abode. “Acts of the Society of Sciences of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The range--literally, "searching," "that which it finds by searching is his pasture."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:8

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Ass
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Color; Colors
• Eagle
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings