Job 40:17 {12}
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He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

moveth.

Job 41:23 The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
16His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. 17He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.18His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:21
And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 40:16
His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

Job 40:18
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Lexicon
His tail
זְנָב֣וֹ (zə·nā·ḇōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2180: Tail, end, stump

sways
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ (yaḥ·pōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire

like
כְמוֹ־ (ḵə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3644: Like, as, when

a cedar;
אָ֑רֶז (’ā·rez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 730: A cedar tree

the sinews
גִּידֵ֖י (gî·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1517: A thong, a tendon

of
פחדו (p̄a·ḥă·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

his thighs
פַחֲדָ֣יו (p̄a·ḥă·ḏāw)
Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6344: A testicle

are tightly knit.
יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ (yə·śō·rā·ḡū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8276: To be intertwined


Additional Translations
His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.

He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male organs are wrapped together.

He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
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