Job 40:15-24

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth.^[a]
    I made him just as I made you.
    He eats grass like an ox.
¹⁶ Look at the strength he has in his body.
    The muscles of his stomach are powerful!
¹⁷ His tail extends like a cedar tree.
    The muscles of his thighs are woven together.
¹⁸ His bones are like tubes of bronze metal.
    His legs are like bars of iron.
¹⁹ He is one of the first of God’s works.
    But God, his Maker, can destroy him.
²⁰ The hills, where the wild animals play,
    provide food for him.
²¹ He lies under the lotus plants
    hidden by the tall grass in the swamp.
²² The lotus plants hide him in their shadow.
    The poplar trees by the streams surround him.
²³ If the river floods, he will not be afraid.
    He is not afraid even if the Jordan River rushes to his mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone blind his eyes and capture him?
    Can anyone put hooks in his nose?