Job 40:17

 Job 40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

a. ASV: He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT: He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope].  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: When he wishes, his tail is like a cedar; the sinews of his stones become entangled.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ltd.]

e. ESV: He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

1. “He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”

a. [He] moveth [Strong: 2654 châphêts, khaw-fates'; a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire:—× any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.]

b. [his] tail [Strong: 2180 zânâb, zaw-nawb'; from H2179 (in the original sense of flapping); the tail (literally or figuratively):—tail.]

c. like [Strong: 3644 kᵉmôw, kem-o'; or כָּמוֹ kâmôw; a form of the prefix k, but used separately [compare H3651]; as, thus, so:—according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.]

d. [a] cedar [Strong: 730 ʼerez, eh-rez'; from H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots):—cedar (tree).]

e. [the] sinews [Strong: 1517 gîyd, gheed; probably from H1464; a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon:—sinew.]

f. [of his] stones [Strong: 6344 pachad, pakh'-ad; the same as H6343; a testicle (as a cause of shame akin to fear):—stone.]

g. [are] wrapped together [Strong: 8276 sârag, saw-rag'; a primitive root; to intwine:—wrap together, wreath.]

1). Institute Of Creation Research Days of Praise 1/26/14 In this remarkable passage, the Lord has been urging Job and his three philosophizing friends to consider all the marvelous evidences of God’s power and wisdom in nature. Finally, he calls their attention to “behemoth” (from a Hebrew word meaning “gigantic beast”), the greatest land animal God ever made—“chief of the ways of God.” Commentators who have tried to identify a living animal as behemoth have called it either an elephant or a hippopotamus, but it is obvious that neither of these animals “moveth his tail like a cedar.” The other descriptions are also inappropriate. It should be obvious that the behemoth is an extinct animal, very probably a great dinosaur. This would be obvious were it not for the widespread evolutionary delusion that dinosaurs became extinct million of years ago, with man evolving only about a million years ago. Modern creation scientists, however, have published many well-documented evidences that dinosaurs existed contemporaneously with early humans up to relatively recent times, and that these supposed evolutionary eons of time are pure fiction. Early men, such as Job, could indeed marvel at this gigantic creature of God and also rejoice in God’s ability to control the great problems of life as well as His sincere concern with every individual need of His people. It is also worth noting that there are several references to dragons in the Bible, as well as in ancient traditions everywhere, and it is likely these also reflect the memories of dinosaurs retained by early tribes after the Flood. HMM