The Meaning of Job 40:20 Explained

Job 40:20

KJV: Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

YLT: For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

Darby: For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

ASV: Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

Discover Job 40:20

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 40:20?

MEANING: What does Job 40:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 40:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 40:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Surely the mountains  bring him forth  food,  where all the beasts  of the field  play. 

What does Job 40:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 40:1-24 - "hast Thou An Arm Like God?"
God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6.
It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God therefore summoned him to array himself in his utmost glory and majesty and to argue his case further. But how impotent man is at the best!
The truth is driven home by a magnificent description of the hippopotamus, to whom the strongest and biggest of man's creations are child's play. If you cannot prevail against His creatures, how can you stand against the Creator? But if that Creator is your Father, how safe you are! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 40

1  Job humbles himself to God
6  God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom
16  Of the behemoth

What do the individual words in Job 40:20 mean?

Surely food the mountains yield for him and all the beasts of the field play there
כִּֽי־ ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־ ל֑וֹ וְֽכָל־ חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־ שָֽׁם

כִּֽי־  Surely 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
ב֭וּל  food 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בּוּל 
Sense: produce, outgrowth.
הָרִ֣ים  the  mountains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
יִשְׂאוּ־  yield 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
ל֑וֹ  for  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
וְֽכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חַיַּ֥ת  the  beasts 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה  of  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־  play 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂחַק  
Sense: to laugh, play, mock.

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