Job 40:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.”
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“Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 40:23 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Joshua 3:15Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
- Psalms 55:8I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
- Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Isaiah 37:25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
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