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Text -- Job 40:14-24 (NET)
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40:14 Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
The Description of Behemoth
40:15 “Look now at Behemoth , which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox .
40:16 Look at its strength in its loins , and its power in the muscles of its belly .
40:17 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar , the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound .
40:18 Its bones are tubes of bronze , its limbs like bars of iron .
40:19 It ranks first among the works of God , the One who made it has furnished it with a sword .
40:20 For the hills bring it food , where all the wild animals play .
40:21 Under the lotus trees it lies , in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh .
40:22 The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow ; the poplars by the stream conceal it.
40:23 If the river rages , it is not disturbed , it is secure , though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth .
40:24 Can anyone catch it by its eyes , or pierce its nose with a snare ?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Behemoth |
Condescension of God |
Animals |
God |
NIGHT-MONSTER |
Job |
PALESTINE, 3 |
WILLOWS |
REED |
SHADE; SHADOW; SHADOWING |
GRASS |
Elephant |
LOTUS TREES |
NAVEL |
MARSH |
SINEW |
Hippopotamus |
STONE, STONES |
LOINS |
SHADY, TREES |
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NET Notes: Job 40:14 The imperfect verb has the nuance of potential imperfect: “can save; is able to save.”
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NET Notes: Job 40:15 Heb “with you.” The meaning could be temporal (“when I made you”) – perhaps a reference to the sixth day of creation (Ge...
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NET Notes: Job 40:16 In both of these verses הִנֶּה (hinneh, “behold”) has the deictic force (the word is from Greek δ...
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NET Notes: Job 40:17 The verb חָפַץ (khafats) occurs only here. It may have the meaning “to make stiff; to make taut” (Arabic). T...
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NET Notes: Job 40:19 The literal reading of the MT is “let the one who made him draw near [with] his sword.” The sword is apparently a reference to the teeth o...
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NET Notes: Job 40:20 The word בּוּל (bul) probably refers to food. Many take it as an abbreviated form of יְבוּ...
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