Job 40:15-24

Lexham English Bible

¹⁵ “Look, Behemoth,^[a] which I have made just as I made you;
it eats grass like the ox.
¹⁶ Look, its strength is in its loins
and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
¹⁷ It keeps its tail straight like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
¹⁸ Its bones are tubes of copper,
its limbs like rods of iron.
¹⁹ “It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.^[b]
20 Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
and all wild animals^[c] play there.
²¹ Under the lotus tree it lies,
in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
²² The lotus trees cover it with their shade;
the wadi’s^[d] poplar trees surround it.
²³ Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;
it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone take it by its eyes?
Can he pierce its nose with a snare?