It is common to view Leviathan as a crocodile. Bill Mounce defines this word as “serpent, snake monster of the deep can refer to large sea creatures as well as to mythological monsters of chaos opposed to God.” This word is used 15 times in the Old Testament and is most often translated as snake, but sometimes as monster. The word creatures is translated here as tannin. The NIV starts this verse with God creating the great creatures of the sea. One other possible reference to Leviathan is in Genesis 1:21. And Isaiah 27:1 describes God slaying Leviathan, a coiling serpent and sea monster. Psalm 104:26 describes Leviathan frolicking in the vast sea. Psalm 74:14 refers to the heads of Leviathan, implying a multiheaded beast. Unlike Behemoth, Leviathan is mentioned elsewhere in the Scripture. Leviathan breathes fire and smoke and churns up the sea like an ink pot.
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It is covered with impenetrable armor and has a mouth full of deadly teeth.
Leviathan is described as a fierce and untamable beast. The entire 41 st chapter of Job is dedicated to this creature. Leviathan is the second creature mentioned by God. This view will be discussed later in this article. And others as reconstructed from fossilized bones found in the region.Ī third view of Behemoth is that it was a mythological creature. Some are inclined to see them as existing with Job. In more recent years, with the discovery of dinosaurs, has come the thought that Behemoth described a dinosaur. However, its identification as a hippo has been the most common view of behemoth through much of history. The tail like a cedar though is challenging since a hippo’s tail is small. A hippo does not literally have bones and limbs of bronze and iron, but these may simply be a rhetorical expression to describe its power. It is the first among the works of God.īehemoth clearly resembles a hippopotamus. It lives in the marshes and rivers and is unafraid of anything. But he is very powerful, with bones of bronze, limbs of iron and a tail like a cedar. Behemoth was created by God and eats grass like an ox. All we know of Behemoth is found in Job 40:15-24.
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