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On Behemoth

15 “Please observe[a] Behemoth,[b] which I made along with you.
    He eats grass like an ox.
16 Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins,
    and in the muscles of his abdomen.
17 His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar;[c]
    the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:15 Lit. look
  2. Job 40:15 I.e. an ancient, gigantic herbivore, living in Job’s time but now apparently extinct
  3. Job 40:17 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae