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 above description of behemoth comes from the 40th chapter of the book of Job. Many commentators have considered this to be a description of a hippopotamus; some Bible translations even translate it as hippopotamus. I suspect the main reason is that they knew of no other creature that could remotely fit the description.

But for almost two centuries now people have been digging up bones that could not have come from any creature now living. Many of the finds have been almost complete skeletons from which they have been able to create realistic depictions of what these creatures looked like with muscles and skin on the skeletons. They have given these creatures the name of dinosaur.

Which of the following pictures best fits the description of behemoth? For instance, which one could be described as moving his tail like a cedar?

Hippopotamus – Image by serfozom from Pixabay

Brontosaurus – Image by Shyba from Pixabay