KJV King James Version
The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
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Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
WEB World English Bible
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
ASV American Standard Version
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
Surrounding context — Job 40
19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
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Cross-references
Ezekiel 17:5He 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.Leviticus 23:40And 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.Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
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