Job 40:13-15

Amplified Bible

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“[Crush and] hide them in the dust together;
Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death].
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“[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge
That your own right hand can save you.

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

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“Behold now, ^[a]Behemoth, which I created as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

Job 40:15 Or the hippopotamus. Although Behemoth cannot be identified with certainty, the biblical description seems most like the hippopotamus. In ancient times it may have been even more formidable than today. In Job’s day the hippopotamus was the largest known creature, was commonly found in the lower Nile River, and may also have existed in the Jordan.