Many years ago, I worked at theΒ Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryΒ in Pittsburgh. When I entered the building, I had to pass by the dinosaur exhibit, which never ceased to amaze me. One of the largest ones on display at the time was a brontosaurus. This particular dinosaur made theΒ Tyrannosaurus rexΒ beside it look small and insignificant. After the lights were dimmed in the evening, the exhibit was unnerving to consider crossing paths with one of these monsters, back when they roamed the earth. If you have ever wondered if men and dinosaurs coexisted, the answer is a definite yes!
βBehold 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 ironβ (Job 40:15-24).
The behemoth in these passages is the Hebrew word for βgreat beast.β Notice that this beast has all the same characteristics of aΒ brontosaurus, which we know to have been a vegetarian. Its strength is said to be in its loinsβlarge and powerful! The tail was like the mighty cedars of Lebanon. Huge! And the bones of the behemoth were like bars of iron, crushing everything in its path. It also had an insatiable thirst and it could not be snared. He was the chief of Godβs ways! source
