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Behemoth

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Behemoth is the great grass-eating creature Yahweh points out in his speech from the whirlwind, named in a single verse and held up as a witness to the Maker's craft.

A Creature of God's Making

In the second of Yahweh's speeches, the camera turns from the elements and predators to a heavy, vegetarian beast: "Now look at behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass as an ox" (Job 40:15). The verse pairs the creature with Job himself — both are made — and grounds the rest of Yahweh's argument in shared creaturehood rather than rivalry.