His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 40:18 in context
Job 40:15–21
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“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you.
He eats grass as an ox.
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Look now, his strength is in his thighs.
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17
He moves his tail like a cedar.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
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His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
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He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his sword.
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Surely the mountains produce food for him,
where all the animals of the field play.
21
He lies under the lotus trees,
in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
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