Job 40:17 meaning and explanation
His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Job 40:17, Berean Standard Bible
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God has been speaking to Job out of the whirlwind, and here in the Behemoth passage he describes a creature he made alongside Job (verse 15). The Hebrew word for tail is zanav, and the image is deliberately vivid: this animal's tail sways like a cedar, a great tree.
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