Job 40:16
Verse 16 of 24. The 40th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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Job 40:16 in the World English Bible
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.Read Job 40:16 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 40:16
His strength is in his loins, v. 16. His bones, compared with those of other creatures, are like bars of iron, v. 18. His back-bone is so strong that, though his tail be not large, yet he moves it like a cedar, with a commanding force, v. 17. Some understand it of the trunk of the elephant, for the word signifies any extreme part, and in that there is indeed a wonderful strength.
Read Matthew Henry on Job 40:15–24: Description of Behemoth. (b. c. 1520.)
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.