Job xl. 14, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν
ἀρχὴ
πλάσματος
Κυρίου,
πεποιῃμένον
ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι
ὑπὸ τῶν
ἀγγέλων
αὐτοῦ. In this
description of Behemoth the Septuagint differs much from the Hebrew,
which is thus rendered in our English Versions, xl. 19: He is
the chief of the ways of God: he (only, R.V.) that made
him can make his sword to approach unto him. Compare
Job xli. 5: Wilt thou play with him
as with a bird? and Ps. civ. 26: There is that Leviathan
whom thou hast formed to play therein (Sept. to take thy pastime
with him). See Baruch iii. 17, with the note in the Speaker’s
Commentary.