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Job 40:19

He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

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In The King James Version

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

In Context

18Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

20Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?

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Cross References

Psalms 104:24And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.

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 →

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