Christians what do yall think the Behemoth is?

Question

what do you guys think the behrmoth is, i personally think it is a hippo seeing how behemoth is chief in God's ways and a hippo sits in the river representing God's presence. and the only thing in contradiction to the hippo is the tail of ceder which may mean its genetalia and sways translates to extends. . . forgive me if i was too graphic.

i dont think it is a dino because it would have to chew grass like an ox and i think that would mean it had cud

Answer 1

Yes, Behemoth is undoubtedly the hippopotamus. The description of its habits and habitat mean that it was an animal that lived at the time the Scriptures were written. That obviously eliminates any possible references to dinosaurs or other creatures which we know had already been extinct for millions of years by then. Besides, there are no known dinosaurs which the description fits. A brontosaurus may have a great tail but it didn't live submerged under the water lilies. The desribed habitat, in rivers under the lily pads, etc., clearly fits the hippo perfectly. The mighty tail is an understandable error. You seldom see hippos on dry land, and when they are thrashing about in the water the mighty swirls they create does indeed create the effect of a tail.

We also know for a fact that people of biblical times were totally unaware of the earlier existence of dinosaurs. When a giant bone was accidentally discovered, they attributed it to an extinct race of giant humans, not giant reptiles.
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Answer 2

Chief means one of the first of Gods creation. And so, the water brought fourth the dragons & some (like the birds) adapted to the earth. So, the Behemoth is probably originally a sea creature (being the chief).

So also the tail of a cedar would indicate a large dinosaur tail. Also, he can take a great gulp of a lake... So, it isn't a hippo. It is a dinosaur. Probably was a baby on the ark. Job is one of the oldest books. Right after the flood, things still lived hundreds of years & got big. Only after the Tower of Babylon & division happened that nobody reached their 200th birthday anymore.

Answer 3

Behemoth has the following attributes according to Job 40:15-24


It “eats grass like an ox.”
It “moves his tail like a cedar.” (In Hebrew, this literally reads, “he lets hang his tail like a cedar.”)
Its “bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.”
“He is the first of the ways of God.”
“He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.”
Some bibles and study bibles will translate the word “behemoth” as “elephant” or “hippopotamus.” Others will put a note at the edge or bottom of the page, stating that behemoth was probably an elephant or a hippopotamus. Although an elephant or hippopotamus can eat grass (or lie in a covert of reeds and marsh), neither an elephant or a hippopotamus has a “tail like a cedar” (that is, a tail like a large, tapered tree trunk). In your kid’s dinosaur book you will find lots of animals that have “tails like a cedar.”

We would expect behemoth to be a large land animal whose bones are like beams of bronze and so forth, so whatever a behemoth is, it is large. A key phrase is “He is the first of the ways of God.” This phrase in the original Hebrew implied that behemoth was the biggest animal created. Although an elephant or a hippopotamus are big, they are less than one-tenth the size of a Brachiosaurus, the largest (complete) dinosaur ever discovered.[1] A Brachiosaurus could therefore easily be described as “the first of the ways of God.”

Answer 4

Behemoth is presumably a plural of greatness derived from the word for "beast", and so it is a "mighty beast". Most likely it is a mythical creature, like Leviathan. But the Loch Ness Monster is also an option, if you think that Job had been to Scotland.

Answer 5

Job 40:15-24
"Behemoth" description fits that of a dinosaur
15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his
sword to approach [unto him].
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook
compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
The entire description given in these verses fit certain types of dinosaurs very well. But we're going to zero in on one particular verse. It's in verse 17 it says, ("He moveth his tail like a cedar:")
The entire description given in these verses fit certain types of dinosaurs very well. But we're going to zero in on one particular verse. It's in verse 17 it says, "He moveth his tail like a cedar:".

This verse alone should be enough to put the whole issue to rest as to whether or not God is describing a dinosaur to Job in this verse. Keep in mind, God is talking to Job about a living animal, that Job is familiar with. What land creatures do we know of today that have tails the size of a cedar tree? Before that question can be answered, it must first be determined how big a cedar tree is. We obtained information on this from two different sources.
First, we looked at what the Bible had to say about cedar trees to see if it would give us any clues as to how big the authors of the Bible thought they were. Second, we contacted the university of Arizona and asked them. The results of both inquires appear below.
How big does the Bible say cedar trees are?
Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon (would this verse make much sense if it were referring to a small or medium sized tree?)
Isaiah 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Isaiah 37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars…
Ezekiel 17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an high mountain and eminent:
Ezekiel 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Amos 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
There is no question that the authors of the Bible considered cedar trees to be quite large. Some Christians who've tried to compromise with evolutionists have claimed that the verses describing Behemoth are describing a crocodile, hippopotamus or elephant. But those creatures don't have tails the size of a cedar tree. The only creatures known to us today that had tails as big as a cedar tree were the largest of the known dinosaurs.

Answer 6

I think it's a monster in Final Fantasy games.

Answer 7

Since the descriptions include realistic and cosmic elements, they are both literal and symbolic.