Job 39:8

8 "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

Job 39:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:8

The range of the mountains [is] his pasture
It ranges about the mountains for food; it looks about for it, as the word signifies, and tries first one place and then another to get some, it having short commons there;

and he searcheth after every green thing;
herb or plant, be it what it will that is green, it seeks after; and which being scarce in deserts and mountains, it searches about for and feeds upon it, wherever it can find it; grass being the peculiar food of these creatures, see ( Job 6:5 ) ; and which is observed by naturalists ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Oppiani Cyneget. l. 3.

Job 39:8 In-Context

6 To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

7 "He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

8 "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

10 "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?