Mysterious Creatures Of The Bible

Behemoth – Job 40:15-24 He eats grass like an ox – herbivore He is the chief of the ways of God: He eats grass like an ox – herbivore He is a very large animal His strength is in his belly He moves his tail like a cedar He has strong bones like iron and brass He finds his food in the mountains He finds shade in the shadows of the trees He drinks a LOT of water He is not able to be caught

Behemoth – Job 40:15-24 He is the chief of the ways of God: Several Bible commentators suggest that the Behemoth is a hippopotamus.

Behemoth – Job 40:15-24 He is the chief of the ways of God: Some Christians believe that it was a kind of dinosaur. BDB Definition: 1) perhaps an extinct dinosaur 1a) a Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus, exact meaning unknown The truth is we just really don’t know, except that there is simply no animal alive today that fits the description of this magnificent creature.

Leviathan – Job 40:1-34 He lives in the water He is unconquerable He is a fierce creature His teeth are terrible round about He has very close knit scales that cannot be separated. Even the air is not able to come between them

Leviathan – Job 40:1-34 Light comes forth when he sneezes His eyes are bright Sparks of fire go out from his mouth Smokes comes out of his nostrils His neck is strong His heart is like a firm stone Men are afraid of him His underside is covered with what seem to be sharp stones

Leviathan – Job 40:1-34 He makes the sea appear white with his presence There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. Psalms 104:26 He is called a crooked, piercing serpent and a dragon of the sea – Isaiah 27:1 He seems to have more than one head in Psalm 74:14.

God’s Wisdom Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Job 42:1-3

God’s Wisdom O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. Psalms 104:24-25