18 The bones in its legsare like bronze or iron.
19 I made it more powerfulthan any other creature,yet I am stronger still.
20 Undisturbed, it eats grasswhile the other animalsplay nearby.*
21 It rests in the shade of treesalong the riverbank
22 or hides among reedsin the swamp.
23 It remains calm and unafraidwith the Jordan River rushingand splashing in its face.
24 There is no way to capturea hippopotamus—not even by hooking its noseor blinding its eyes.