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15 “Look at the behemoth.[a]
    I made the behemoth, and I made you.
    He eats grass like a cow.
16 But he has great strength in his body.
    The muscles in his stomach are powerful.
17 His tail stands strong like a cedar tree.
    His leg muscles are very strong.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:15 behemoth This might be a hippopotamus, a rhinoceros, or possibly an elephant.

15 “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made(A) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.(B)
16 What strength(C) it has in its loins,
    what power in the muscles of its belly!(D)
17 Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.(E)

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