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15 Look at Behemoth, whom I made along with you; he eats grass like cattle.
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“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Look, his strength is in his thighs, his power in stomach muscles.
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What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.
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Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are like bronze tubes, his limbs like iron bars.
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Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 He is the first of God's acts; only his maker can come near him with a sword.
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It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 Indeed, the hills bring him tribute, places where all the wild animals play.
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The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 He lies under the lotuses, under the cover of reed and marsh.
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Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 The lotuses screen him with shade; poplars of the stream surround him.
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The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 If the river surges, he doesn't hurry; he is confident even though the Jordan gushes into his mouth.
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A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 Can he be seized by his eyes? Can anyone pierce his nose by hooks?
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Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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