The Lord Challenges Job-2

Job 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

God told Job to “look at” the behemoth, (Job 40:15). (2) God said He “made” the behemoth, as He had made Job (Job 40:15). (3) The detailed descriptions of both animals’ anatomies befits real not mythological beasts. (4) Animals in myths were based on real creatures, but were given exaggerated features.

Lo...

הִנֵּה

hinnêh

hin-nay'

Prolonged for lo! Also (as expressing surprise) if: behold though; lo!: - behold, lo, see.

now,...

נָא

nâ'

naw

A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered I pray, now or then; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjugation: - I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.

His (behemoth) strength...

כּוֹחַ כֹּחַ

kôach kôach

ko'-akh, ko'-akh

From an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard: - ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power (-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

is in his loins,...

מֹתֶן

môthen

mo'-then

From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins: - + greyhound, loins, side.

and his force...

אוֹן

'ôn

one

Probably from the same as properly to pant (in the sense of effort, but successful); ability, power, (figuratively) wealth: - force, goods, might, strength, substance.

is in the navel...

שָׁרִיר

shârı̂yr

shaw-reer'

From to be hostile in the original sense as in as the centre of strength (compare a bodice); a cord, that is, (by analogy) sinew: - navel.

of his belly...

בֶּטֶן

beṭen

beh'-ten

From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything: - belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.