Job 40:17
Job 40:15-24 The Message (MSG)
“Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow— Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees. His skeleton is made of steel, every bone in his body hard as steel. Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb! The grass-covered hills serve him meals, while field mice frolic in his shadow. He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, cools himself in the reedy swamps, Lazily cool in the leafy shadows as the breeze moves through the willows. And when the river rages he doesn’t budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild. But you’d never want him for a pet— you’d never be able to housebreak him!”
Job 40:17 King James Version (KJV)
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Job 40:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job 40:17 New Century Version (NCV)
Its tail is like a cedar tree; the muscles of its thighs are woven together.
Job 40:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job 40:17 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
Job 40:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Job 40:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“He sways his tail like a cedar; The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].