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OET (OET-LV) It_stiffens tail_his like a_cedar the_tendons thighs_his[fn] they_are_intertwined.
40:17 Variant note: פחד/ו: (x-qere) ’פַחֲדָ֣י/ו’: lemma_6344 morph_HNcmdc/Sp3ms id_18SUy פַחֲדָ֣י/ו
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז
makes_~_stiff tail,his like cedar
The point of this comparison is that just as the branch of a cedar tree is flexible but strong, so this beast can raise its tail and hold it flexibly in the air. The ability to hold a tail upright, which older animals can no longer do, is a sign of youthful strength. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “It shows its vigor by holding up its tail as if that were a cedar branch”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ
sinews (Some words not found in UHB: makes_~_stiff tail,his like cedar sinews thighs,his knit_together )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the sinews of its thighs hold tightly to one another”
40:15-24 Following a list of natural animals (39:1-30), God described Behemoth (40:15-24) and Leviathan (41:1-34) as creatures that man cannot tame. Job couldn’t tame the wild donkey or ox (39:5-12), let alone Behemoth and Leviathan (40:15-24), but God created them and could control them, and Job had to acknowledge it (41:2).
• Here Behemoth seems to be a natural creature: (1) It is an animal that God made, just as he made Job (40:15); (2) it is not a dreadful predator but eats grass like an ox (40:15); and (3) it is in a poem describing God’s creation of the natural order, rather than in a mythological story of the world’s formation. Most commentators identify Behemoth with the hippopotamus, a huge, grass-eating animal (40:15-19) that lies in the river among the lotus plants and reeds (40:21). Like the wild ox, Behemoth is powerful (40:16-18, 24; 39:11), yet is essentially peaceful (40:20-23).
OET (OET-LV) It_stiffens tail_his like a_cedar the_tendons thighs_his[fn] they_are_intertwined.
40:17 Variant note: פחד/ו: (x-qere) ’פַחֲדָ֣י/ו’: lemma_6344 morph_HNcmdc/Sp3ms id_18SUy פַחֲדָ֣י/ו
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.