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The Book of Job, Chapter 40, Verse 17

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16
Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
King James Version
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
American Standard Version
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
New English Translation
It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
World English Bible
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18
His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
19
He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22
The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24
He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
2
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?