¹⁵ “Take a look at Behemoth,^[a]
    which I made, just as I made you.
    It eats grass like an ox.
¹⁶ See its powerful loins
    and the muscles of its belly.
¹⁷ Its tail is as strong as a cedar.
    The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.
¹⁸ Its bones are tubes of bronze.
    Its limbs are bars of iron.
¹⁹ It is a prime example of God’s handiwork,
    and only its Creator can threaten it.
²⁰ The mountains offer it their best food,
    where all the wild animals play.
²¹ It lies under the lotus plants,^[b]
    hidden by the reeds in the marsh.
²² The lotus plants give it shade
    among the willows beside the stream.
²³ It is not disturbed by the raging river,
    not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.
²⁴ No one can catch it off guard
    or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.