Job 40:17 Meaning and Explanation
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”
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Read Full Chapter →God describes behemoth's tail moving like a great cedar and the tight-knit sinews of its body.
What Does Job 40:17 Mean?
The description grows more vivid. Behemoth's tail sways like a towering cedar, and its sinews are woven tightly together for strength. The comparison to the cedar, the most majestic of trees, presses home the sheer scale and power of the creature.
Such detail is not idle. God lingers over the workmanship of a single beast to teach Job how much thought and care fill creation. If God attends to the sinews of behemoth, He is not careless of the man who beholds it. The Maker who crafts the great creature with such precision crafts and keeps His people too. Nothing He has made is beneath His notice, and no detail of our lives escapes His attentive hand.
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What does Job 40:17 mean?
God describes behemoth's tail moving like a great cedar and the tight-knit sinews of its body.