15 “Behold, Behemoth,[a]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats (A)grass like an ox.
16 Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze,
    his limbs like bars of iron.

19 “He is (B)the first of (C)the works[b] of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:15 A large animal, exact identity unknown
  2. Job 40:19 Hebrew ways

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