15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. …
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-24)God, for the further proving of his own power and disproving of Job’s pretensions, concludes his discourse with the description of two vast and mighty animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength, one he calls behemoth , the other leviathan . In these verses we have the former described. “ Behold now behemoth , and consider whether thou art able to contend with him who made that beast and gave…
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