Job 40:10-20

10 ecce Behemoth quem feci tecum faenum quasi bos comedet

11 fortitudo eius in lumbis eius et virtus illius in umbilicis ventris eius

12 constringit caudam suam quasi cedrum nervi testiculorum eius perplexi sunt

13 ossa eius velut fistulae aeris cartilago illius quasi lamminae ferreae

14 ipse principium est viarum Dei qui fecit eum adplicabit gladium eius

15 huic montes herbas ferunt omnes bestiae agri ludent ibi

16 sub umbra dormit in secreto calami et locis humentibus

17 protegunt umbrae umbram eius circumdabunt eum salices torrentis

18 ecce absorbebit fluvium et non mirabitur habet fiduciam quod influat Iordanis in os eius

19 in oculis eius quasi hamo capiet eum et in sudibus perforabit nares eius

20 an extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo et fune ligabis linguam eius

Job 40:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 40

In this chapter Job is called upon to give in his answer, Job 40:1,2, which he does in the most humble manner, acknowledging his vileness and folly, Job 40:3-5; and then the Lord proceeds to give him further conviction of his superior justice and power, Job 40:6-9; and one thing he proposes to him, to humble the proud, if he could, and then he would own his own right hand could save him, Job 40:10-15; and observes to him another instance of his power in a creature called behemoth, which he had made, and gives a description of, Job 40:15-24.