Add parallel Print Page Options

15 “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made just as I made you;
    it eats grass like an ox.(A)
16 Its strength is in its loins
    and its power in the muscles of its belly.
17 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs like bars of iron.

19 “It is the first of the great acts of God;
    only its Maker can approach it with the sword.(B)
20 For the mountains yield food for it
    where all the wild animals play.(C)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover it for shade;
    the willows of the wadi surround it.(D)
23 Even if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;
    it is confident though Jordan rushes against its mouth.
24 Can one take it with hooks[a]
    or pierce its nose with a snare?(E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 40.24 Cn: Heb in his eyes