Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 40:19 in English Standard Version "“He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!" Job 26:14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?” Pr 8:22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.