Job 40:23
See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; 1 he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth. 1
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22The lotus plants cover him with their shade; 1 the willows of the brook are all around him. 1
24Can anyone capture him with a hook, 1 or pierce his nose through with a snare?
Cross References
Genesis 13:10So Lot looked around, and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere all the way to Zoar, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt. This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Psalms 55:8I would hurry to a shelter 1 from the stormy wind and tempest.” 1
Isaiah 37:25I have dug wells and drunk water; + 37:25 Some ancient and modern versions have I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands . 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.' 1
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 →