Job 40:23
Lo! the river becometh insolent—he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;
24Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?
Cross References
Genesis 13:10So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,—before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.
Psalms 55:8I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.
Isaiah 37:25I, have digged, and drunk waters,—That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile-streams 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 →