Job 40:17
Verse 17 of 24. The 40th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
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.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Job 40:17 in the World English Bible
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.Read Job 40:17 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 40:17
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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