Job 40:20

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

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In The King James Version

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

In Context

19He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

21Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

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Cross References

Genesis 6:21Therefore, you shall take with you from all the foods that are able to be eaten, and you shall carry these with you. And these shall be used as food, some for you, and the rest for them.”

Psalms 104:14he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.

Psalms 147:8He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.

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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