The Meaning of Job 40:15 Explained

Job 40:15

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

YLT: Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Darby: See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 40:15 Mean?

Study Notes

behemoth
Or, the elephant, as some think.

Context Summary

Job 40:1-24 - "hast Thou An Arm Like God?"
God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6.
It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God therefore summoned him to array himself in his utmost glory and majesty and to argue his case further. But how impotent man is at the best!
The truth is driven home by a magnificent description of the hippopotamus, to whom the strongest and biggest of man's creations are child's play. If you cannot prevail against His creatures, how can you stand against the Creator? But if that Creator is your Father, how safe you are! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 40

1  Job humbles himself to God
6  God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom
16  Of the behemoth

What do the individual words in Job 40:15 mean?

Look now at the behemoth which I made [along] with you grass like an ox He eats
הִנֵּה־ נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־ עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל

הִנֵּה־  Look 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
נָ֣א  now 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
בְ֭הֵמוֹת  at  the  behemoth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּהֵמֹות  
Sense: perhaps an extinct dinosaur.
עָשִׂ֣יתִי  I  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עִמָּ֑ךְ  [along]  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
חָ֝צִ֗יר  grass 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָצִיר 
Sense: grass, leek, green grass, herbage.
כַּבָּקָ֥ר  like  an  ox 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
יֹאכֵֽל  He  eats 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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