Job 40:15 BSB — MannaFest

Job 40:15

Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

KJV

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

⋯

Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXII (604)

Behold Behemoth, which I made with thee. 16. Whom does He suggest, under the name 'Behemoth,' except the ancient enemy? which being interpreted from the Hebrew word, means 'Animal' in the Latin tongue. For when his malice is added below, his person is plainly pointed out. But since it is written of God that He made all things together, why does He declare that He made this animal at the same time with man, when it is plain that He made all things at once?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And both creatures of great bulk and strength. Grass - The river-horse comes out of the river upon the land to feed upon corn, and hay, or grass, as an ox doth, to whom also he is not unlike in the form of his head and feet, and in the bigness of his body, whence the Italians call him, the sea-ox.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Behold now behemoth - Margin, “or, the elephant, as some think.” In the close of the argument, God appeals to two animals as among the chief of his works, and as illustrating more than any others his power and majesty - the behemoth and the leviathan. A great variety of opinions has been entertained in regard to the animal referred to here, though the “main” inquiry has related to the question whether the “elephant” or the “hippopotamus” is denoted. Since the time of Bochart, who has gone into an extended examination of the subject (“Hieroz.” P. ii.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	there!	H2009 →
נָ֣א	na'	please	H4994 →
בְ֭הֵמוֹת	Ve.he.mot	Behemoth	H930 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
עָשִׂ֣יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I made	H6213 →
עִמָּ֑ךְ	'i.Makh	with you	H5973 →
חָ֝צִ֗יר	cha.Tzir	grass	H2682 →
כַּבָּקָ֥ר	ka.ba.Kar	like <the> ox	H1241 →
יֹאכֵֽל׃	yo.Khel	it eats	H398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1241kabakarlike <the> ox183×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
leads to
- Psalms 147:8–9
  who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 136:25
  He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Job 28:5
  Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
- Genesis 9:3
  Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Through
Job 40:20
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
leads to
- Psalms 104:26
  There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
- Psalms 104:14
  He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Through
Job 39:8
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
leads to
- Psalms 104:27–28
  All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Job: the study guide →Read chapter 40 →The featured study →

Continue: Job 40 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job