20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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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;
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. …
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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