Job 40:15-24

Job 40:15-24 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. The book of Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible.  That is because no other book of the Bible is mentioned in the book of Job, and no other of the patriarchs, like Abraham or Moses, are mentioned either. Immediately after the flood, a few dinosaurs survived for a while. This one, the behemoth, was probably a sauropod – a long-necked dinosaur. He ate grass and lived in the swamps. When he took a drink of water, it was like sucking up a river! Behemoth lounged around in the shady swamps because he was not afraid of anything! Who could hurt him? No one could! The word dinosaur was first used by Sir Richard Owen about 200 years after the Bible was translated. Dinosaurs became extinct long ago – but they were still around in Job’s time.