Job 40:22
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
In Context
21Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;
Cross References
Isaiah 15:7For this cause, the savings they had made and that which they had stored, Over the torrent-bed of the willows, shall they bear them.
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 →