Behemoth — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Hebrew word in plural form usually translated “beasts” or “wild animals” (as in Dt 28:26; 32:24; Ps 50:10; Is 18:6; 2 Esd 6:49, 51 OET LES 6:49 · OET LES 6:51; Hb 2:17). Most English versions refer only once to “behemoth,” where the context seems to refer to a specific animal, large and powerful, believed by many biblical scholars to be the hippopotamus (Jb 40:15). In ancient times, the hippopotamus was well known in Egypt and may have inhabited the Jordan Valley. Job 40:23 may, however, refer to any river swollen like the Jordan in flood season.

Show passage in OET: DEU 28:26

OET-RV DEU 28:26

26 Your corpses will become food for birds and wild animals, and there’ll be no one left to scare them away.

OET-LV DEU 28:26

26 And_it _will _become corpse _of_your for_food to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_bird _of the_heavens and_for_the _animal[s]_of the_earth/land and_there_will_not_be one _who_terrifies.

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:24

OET-RV DEU 32:24

24 They’ll be wasted by hunger
⇔ ≈ and weakened by terrible contagious and deadly diseases.
⇔ I’ll send those diseases on the teeth of wild animals,
⇔ along with the poison from various creatures that crawl in the dust.

OET-LV DEU 32:24

24 They_will _be_weakened _of famine and_eaten _of plague and_destruction bitter and_tooth _of animals I _will _send on_them with the_venom _of things _which_crawl _of the_dust.

Show passage in OET: PSA 50:10

OET-RV PSA 50:10

10 because every animal in the forest is mine,
⇔ ≈ and the cattle on a thousand hills.

OET-LV PSA 50:10

10 If/because to_me every _of creature _of_living the_forest the_animals on_hills _of a _thousand.

Show passage in OET: ISA 18:6

OET-RV ISA 18:6

6 They’ll be left there for the birds of prey from the hills,
⇔ and the wild animals across the land.
⇔ The birds of prey will spend the summer on them,
⇔ and then the animals across the land will spend the winter on them.

OET-LV ISA 18:6

6 They _will _be _abandoned alike to_bird[s]_of _prey _of the_mountains and_to_the _animal[s]_of the_earth/land and_it _will _pass _the _summer on/upon/above_him/it the _bird[s]_prey and_all (the)_animal _of the_earth/land on/upon/above_him/it it _will _pass _the _winter.

Show passage in OET: LES 6:49; LES 6:51

OET-RV LES 6:49

49 “Then you preserved two living creatures. The one you called Behemot, and the other you called Livyatan.

OET-RV LES 6:51

51 To Behemot, you gave one part, which was dried up on the third day, that he should live in it, in which are a thousand hills;

Show passage in OET: HAB 2:17

OET-RV HAB 2:17

17 The violence done to Levanon will bounce back and overwhelm you,
⇔ and the destruction of animals will terrify you,
⇔ because you’ve taken lives
⇔ and you’ve acted with violence against the land and the cities, and everyone who lives in them.

OET-LV HAB 2:17

17 If/because the _violence _of Ləⱱānōn it_will _cover _you and_the_devastation _of animals it_will _terrify _them from_the_blood(s)_of humankind and_the_violence _of the_land the_town and_all those _who_dwell _of in_it.

Show passage in OET: JOB 40:15

OET-RV JOB 40:15

⇔  15 Now look at the sauropod (behemoth) which I made on the same day as you.
⇔ It eats grass like a cow.

OET-LV JOB 40:15

15 THERE please Behemoth which I _made with_you grass like_ox it _eats.

Show passage in OET: JOB 40:23

OET-RV JOB 40:23

23 If the river gets violent, it doesn’t rush out.
⇔ ≈ It remains confident even when the Yarden (Jordan) River surges to his mouth.

OET-LV JOB 40:23

23 THERE the_river it _is _violent not it _makes _haste it _is _confident if/because the_Yardēn/(Jordan) it _bursts _forth to mouth _of_its.

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