GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
16 Look at the strength in its back muscles, the power in its stomach muscles.
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What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
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Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 Its bones are bronze tubes. They are like iron bars.
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Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword.
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It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 The hills bring it food, and all the wild animals play there.
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The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 It lies down under the lotus plants in a hiding place among reeds and swamps.
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Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 Lotus plants provide it with cover. Poplars by the stream surround it.
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The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 Though the river flows powerfully against it, it's not alarmed. It's confident [even] when the Jordan rushes against its 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 anyone blind its eyes or pierce its nose with snares?
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Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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