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Job 40:23

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

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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

22The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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Cross References

Genesis 13:10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

Psalms 55:8“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

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 →

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