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16 Would you look at the power of his hips
and the strength of the muscles of his belly!
17 He stiffens his tail[a] like a cedar.
The tendons of his thighs[b] are tight.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze.
His skeleton is like bars of iron.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:17 Or penis. The Hebrew word zanav, which most often means tail, can be used as a euphemism for penis.
  2. Job 40:17 Or testicles. The Targum, the Vulgate, Luther, and the King James Version all support the interpretation testicles.