Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.

International Standard Version

He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.

A Conservative Version

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“He explores the mountains as his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The searching out of the mountains his pasture, and he will seek after every green thing.

King James 2000

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

It explores [the] mountains [as] its pasture and searches after every kind of green plant.

Modern King James verseion

He seeks out mountains for his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but seek their pasture about the mountains and follow the green grass.

NET Bible

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

New Heart English Bible

The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

The Emphasized Bible

He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יתוּר 
Yathuwr 
Usage: 1

of the mountains
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

מרעה 
Mir`eh 
Usage: 13

and he searcheth
דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

References

Easton

Ass

Fausets

Watsons

Ass

Context Readings

The Wild Donkey

7 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears; 8 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing. 9 Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

Cross References

Genesis 1:29-30

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

Job 40:15

See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

Job 40:20-22

He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

Psalm 104:27-28

All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

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