40:6. Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. 40:7. Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place, 40:8. Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. 40:9. Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. 40:10. Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox. Behemoth... In Hebrew, behema, which signifies in general an animal; but many authors explain, that here it is put for the elephant. 40:11. His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. 40:12. He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. 40:13. His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. 40:14. He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword. He will apply his sword... This text is variously explained: some explain the sword, the horn given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to man to slay him, notwithstanding his great size and strength. 40:15. To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play. 40:16. He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. 40:17. The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about. 40:18. Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. 40:19. In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. 40:20. Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? Leviathan... The whale or some sea monster. 40:21. Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle? 40:22. Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? 40:23. Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever, 40:24. Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids? 40:25. Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? 40:26. Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head? 40:27. Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more. 40:28. Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. Job Chapter 41 A further description of the leviathan. 41:1. I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance? 41:2. Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. 41:3. I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication. 41:4. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth? 41:5. Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.