Job 40:21
Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
In Context
20Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
22Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
Cross References
Isaiah 35:7And the land that was dry will have a pond, and the thirsty land will have fountains of water. In the hollows where the serpents lived before, there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.
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 →