Job 40:23

If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; 1 He trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

In Context

22And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, 1 And so do the bushes of the field. 1

24Yet one shall take him in his sight; 1 One shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:10And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Psalms 55:8Thou wilt on no account save them; 1 Thou wilt bring down the people in wrath. 1

Isaiah 37:25and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.

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 →

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