Job 40:23
Behold, a river sweepeth violently along, but he hasteneth not away: he remaineth quiet, though a Jordan rusheth up to his mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
22Shady trees cover him as his shadow: willows of the brook encompass him about.
24Can one catch him before his eyes? pierce his nose by means of snares?—
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere; before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, till thou comest unto Zoar.
Psalms 55:8(55:9) I would prepare hastily a refuge for me from the sweeping wind [and] from storm.
Isaiah 37:25I have dug, and drunk water; and I will dry up with the sole of my feet all the streams of besieged places.
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 →