Job 40:15
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
- KJV
- Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- WEB
- “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
- ASV
- Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
- DARBY
- See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
- BLB
- Behold, please, Behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass like the ox.
- ÅB
- Se på Behemot[^1], som jeg har skapt like så vel som deg; den spiser gress som en okse.
- OTB
- Se, Behemot, som jeg skapte sammen med deg;
den spiser gress som en okse. - B1930
- Se på Behemot, som jeg har skapt like så vel som dig; den eter gress som en okse. / < flodhesten.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Read in contextJob 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Read in contextGenesis 1:24–26
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Read in contextJob 39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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