It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

He is the foremost of God's works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. ... He is the first of God's ways, only his maker can approach him with a sword.

He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!

He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

There were none made before the fifth day of the creation, and on that day was the river horse made; in which respect it has the preference to the elephant, not ...

הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲגַ֖ם אֶל־מַרְאָ֣יו יֻטָֽל׃ See, any hope [of capturing] him must be disappointed; One is prostrated by the very sight of him.

He that made the soul of man, knows all the ways to it, and can make the sword of justice, his wrath, to approach and touch it.

It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword. NIV: New International Version. Read Job 40 · Listen to Job 40.

Clarke's Commentary. Verse Job 40:19. He is the chief of the ways of God — The largest, strongest, and swiftest quadruped that God has formed.

Job 40:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900). 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.