What was behemoth?

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What was behemoth?

  • A hippo

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  • An elephant

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  • A rhino

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  • A dinosaur

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  • Other

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  • Don't know, don't care, where's the pizza?

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ROSSELLA

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This is just a question of personal curiosity. Ultimately we can't know for sure, but I'm wondering what people think: What was behemoth (Job 40:15-24)?
 
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Stranger36147

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So...where is the pizza?
 

tanakh

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This is just a question of personal curiosity. Ultimately we can't know for sure, but I'm wondering what people think: What was behemoth (Job 40:15-24)?
Sounds like a cross between a Bee with a sense of humor and a Moth. Sorry about that. Truth is I have no idea. Probably some KJV Beast with a fairly boring modern name.
 
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It was a dragon.

God talked about how its back is covered in armored shields that no one can penetrate and how it breathes fire and can set coals ablaze with its mouth...

From Job 41 NIV:

“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor[SUP][b][/SUP]?
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Who dares open the doors of its mouth,
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Its back has[SUP][c][/SUP] rows of shields
tightly sealed together;

[SUP]16 [/SUP]each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
[SUP]18[/SUP]Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.

[SUP]19 [/SUP]Flames stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.

[SUP]20 [/SUP]Smoke pours from its nostrils
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Its breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Strength resides in its neck;