Job 40:20
\41:1\Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
In Context
19\40:24\Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
21\41:2\Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.
Psalms 104:14He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
Psalms 147:8By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:16-24
Description of Behemoth. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 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. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the… Read the whole commentary →