Job 40:23
Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou go to Zoar.
Psalms 55:8I would hasten myself to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.
Isaiah 37:25I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:16-24
Description of Behemoth. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 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… Read the whole commentary →