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13 buried[a] them in the dust together,
    and sent them bound to that secret place,[b]
14 then I will applaud you myself!
    I’ll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!”

On Behemoth

15 “Please observe[c] Behemoth,[d] which I made along with you.
    He eats grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:13 MT reads hide
  2. Job 40:13 I.e. the afterlife
  3. Job 40:15 Lit. look
  4. Job 40:15 I.e. an ancient, gigantic herbivore, living in Job’s time but now apparently extinct

13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.

15 “Look now at the [a]behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:15 A large animal, exact identity unknown

13 Bury them all in the dust together;(A)
    shroud their faces in the grave.(B)
14 Then I myself will admit to you
    that your own right hand can save you.(C)

15 “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made(D) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.(E)

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13 (A)Hide them all in (B)the dust together;
    bind their faces in the world below.[a]
14 Then will I also acknowledge to you
    that your own (C)right hand can save you.

15 “Behold, Behemoth,[b]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats (D)grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:13 Hebrew in the hidden place
  2. Job 40:15 A large animal, exact identity uncertain