Job 40:22
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
In Context
21He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Cross References
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.
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 →