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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:22

In 11 translations

BSB
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.Or poplars
KJV
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
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.
LSV
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, || Willows of the brook cover him.
YLT
Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
DBY
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
DRC40:17
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
GNV40:17
Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
JPS
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
LXXE
And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃
LXX-Br
Σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις, καὶ κλῶνες ἀγροῦ.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 17:5He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
  • Isaiah 15:7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
  • Leviticus 23:40On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:17 in some Bibles
  • 40:22 in most Bibles

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