16
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
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Verse 16. Places, insomuch that Ælian (iv. 24.) styles it a “beast of the marshes.” It is fabulous that it is forced to sleep against a tree, as if it could not rise without much difficulty. Calmet.—Septuagint (14) “This is the beginning or chief (αρχη) of the creation of the Lord, being made for his angels to play with, or beat. Departing to the craggy rock, it has made sport for the quadrupeds in the field. It sleepeth under all sorts of trees; near the reed and papyrus, and the boutomon, or ox-herb.” Bible.
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