Job 39:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְת֣וּר הָרִ֣ים מִרְעֵ֑הוּ וְאַחַ֖ר כָּל־יָר֣וֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

yətûr hārîm mirʿēhû wə-ʾaḥar kol-yārôq yidrôš

Grammar Details

*yətûr*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he searches/explores
*hārîm*: masculine plural absolute - mountains
*mirʿēhû*: masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pasture
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḥar*: preposition - after
*kol*: construct - every/all
*yārôq*: masculine singular adjective - green thing
*yidrôš*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he seeks/searches

Word Meanings

*yətûr*: he searches/explores/spies out
*hārîm*: mountains/hills
*mirʿēhû*: his pasture/grazing place
*ʾaḥar*: after/behind
*yārôq*: green thing/vegetation
*yidrôš*: he seeks/searches/inquires after

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food: 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
Job 40:15 : 15 Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
Job 40:20-22 : 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play. 21 He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. 22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
Ps 104:27-28 : 27 These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season. 28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season. 16 Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

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