Job 40:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. like a cedar —As the tempest bends the cedar, so it can move its smooth thick tail [UMBREIT ]. But the cedar implies straightness and length, such as do not apply to the river horse's short tail, but perhaps to an extinct species of animal (see on ). stones —rather, "thighs." wrapped —firmly twisted together, like a thick rope.

Job 40:17

17. like a cedar—As the tempest bends the cedar, so it can move its smooth thick tail [UMBREIT]. But the cedar implies straightness and length, such as do not apply to the river horse's short tail, but perhaps to an extinct species of animal (see on Job 40:15).

stones—rather, "thighs."

wrapped—firmly twisted together, like a thick rope.

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