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