He maketh a path to shine after him; he thinks to grow hoary in the deep (Job 41:24). Because his dwelling in the sea is over the deep, he believes that there he will continue to live safely, as is said He thinks to grow hoary in the deep. What will the Holy One do about it? He will bring Behemoth to Leviathan, and they will engage in close combat with each other, as is said One is so close to the other, that no air (ruah) can come between them⁠a (Job 41:8). Read not ruah, “air,” but rewah, “space”: [there is no space between them]. Or, the words no air can come between them refer to the ministering angels who are called “airy winds,” as in the verse “Who makest winds Thine angels” (Ps. 104:4): [hence not even ethereal angels can come between them]. Behemoth and Leviathan will be joined to each other, as is said They are joined one to another (Job 41:9). And once joined they will not be sundered, as is said They stick together, that they cannot be sundered (ibid.). What will the Holy One then do? He will signal to Leviathan, who thereupon will strike Behemoth with his fins and thus slaughter him; at the same time He will signal to Behemoth who will strike Leviathan with his tail and slay him.