Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing. New Living Translation The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. English Standard Version He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Berean Standard Bible He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. King James Bible The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. New King James Version The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing. New American Standard Bible “He explores the mountains of his pasture, And searches after every green thing. NASB 1995 “He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing. NASB 1977 “He explores the mountains for his pasture, And he searches after every green thing. Legacy Standard Bible He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing. Amplified Bible “He explores the mountains as his pasture And searches after every green thing. Christian Standard Bible It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green. Holman Christian Standard Bible It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green. American Standard Version The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. Contemporary English Version Instead, they roam the hills, searching for pastureland. English Revised Version The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. GOD'S WORD® Translation It explores the mountains for its pasture and looks for anything green. Good News Translation The mountains are the pastures where they feed, where they search for anything green to eat. International Standard Version He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green. Majority Standard Bible He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. NET Bible It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant. New Heart English Bible The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing. Webster's Bible Translation The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. World English Bible The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe range of mountains [is] his pasture, "" And he seeks after every green thing. Young's Literal Translation The range of mountains is his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. Smith's Literal Translation The searching out of the mountains his pasture, and he will seek after every green thing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing. Catholic Public Domain Version He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants. New American Bible He ranges the mountains for pasture, and seeks out every patch of green. New Revised Standard Version It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe tops of mountains are his pasture, and he treads over every green thing. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the multitude of the mountains is his pasture, and he treads upon every green thing OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. Brenton Septuagint Translation He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Speaks of His Creation…7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?… Cross References Psalm 104:14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: Psalm 104:20-23 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. / The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. / The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. ... Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. Isaiah 32:20 Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely. Isaiah 35:1-2 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. / It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. Isaiah 43:20 The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. Isaiah 44:23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. Isaiah 55:12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Jeremiah 14:5-6 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. / Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.” Ezekiel 34:14 I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. Ezekiel 34:27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety. Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. / And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. / So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Treasury of Scripture The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Job 40:15,20-22 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox… 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… Psalm 104:27,28 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season… Jump to Previous Goes Grass-Lands Green Hills Mountains Pasture Range Ranges Searches Searcheth Searching SeekethJump to Next Goes Grass-Lands Green Hills Mountains Pasture Range Ranges Searches Searcheth Searching SeekethJob 39 1. Of the wild goats and hinds5. Of the wild donkey 9. The unicorn 13. The peacock, stork, and ostrich 19. The horse 26. The hawk 27. The eagle He roams the mountains for pasture The phrase "He roams" suggests a sense of freedom and independence. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "yatur," which conveys the idea of exploring or seeking out. This reflects the nature of the wild animals God is describing to Job, emphasizing their autonomy and the divine provision that allows them to thrive without human intervention. This imagery serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the natural order He has established, where even the creatures of the earth are cared for by His hand. the mountains for pasture and searches for any green thing Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He roamsיְת֣וּר (yə·ṯūr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3491: What is left, a gleaning the mountains הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country for pasture, מִרְעֵ֑הוּ (mir·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4829: Pasture, the haunt of wild animals searching יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃ (yiḏ·rō·wōš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship for וְאַחַ֖ר (wə·’a·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every green thing. יָר֣וֹק (yā·rō·wq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3387: Green, an herb Links Job 39:8 NIVJob 39:8 NLT Job 39:8 ESV Job 39:8 NASB Job 39:8 KJV Job 39:8 BibleApps.com Job 39:8 Biblia Paralela Job 39:8 Chinese Bible Job 39:8 French Bible Job 39:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 39:8 The range of the mountains is his (Jb) |