Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Job 40:22 in other translations
| BSB | The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. |
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| WEB | The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. |
| ASV | The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about. |
| YLT | Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook. |
| DARBY | Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. |
| BBE | He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him. |
| Webster | The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him. |
What does Job 40:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:15-24
15-24. God shows that if Job cannot bring under control the lower animals (of which he selects the two most striking, behemoth on land, leviathan in the water), much less is he capable of governing the world. behemoth--The description in part agrees with the hippopotamus, in part with the elephant, but exactly in all details with neither. It is rather a poetical personification of the great Pachydermata, or…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:15-24
God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt, called the river-horse, or hippopotamus. This vast animal is noticed as an argument to humble ourselves before the great God; for he created this vast animal, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. Whatever strength…
Job 40:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 40:22
- Isaiah 15:7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
- Leviticus 23:40
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
- Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
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Context
- Job 40:21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
- Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
- Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Job 40:22 in other languages
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les lotus le couvrent de leur ombre, les saules de la rivière l’environnent. |
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| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wird er viel Flehens an dich richten, oder dir sanfte Worte geben? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia? |