Job 40:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 40:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 40:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. He...: or, He setteth up" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 40:17 — KJV
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. He...: or, He setteth up”
— Job 40:17 (KJV)
Job 40:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 40:17
“With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:17: like, stones
“And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:17: like, stones
“And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:17: like, stones
“His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. unicorns: Heb. an unicorn”
Shares key themes with Job 40:17: like, together
“And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:17: like, wrapped
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