Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.
New American Standard Bible
He is confident, though the
King James Version
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Holman Bible
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
American Standard Version
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Amplified
“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;
He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
Darby Translation
Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, he will oppress a river, and he will not spring up: he will trust that Jordan burst forth into his mouth.
King James 2000
Behold, though a river rages, he fears not: he is confident though the Jordan rushes into his mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, [if the] river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident even though [the] Jordan rushes against its mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, though a flood presses, he does not run away; he feels safe even if Jordan swells up to his mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, he drinketh up whole rivers and feareth not: he thinketh that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
NET Bible
If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! the river becometh insolent - he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:
Webster
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
World English Bible
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Job 40:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Can You Conquer Behemoth, Job?
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him. 23 What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows. 24 Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"
Cross References
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Joshua 3:15
When the priests who carried the ark entered the Jordan River, as their feet touched the water's edge (The Jordan River overflows all of its banks daily during the harvest season.),
Psalm 55:8
I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and tempest."
Isaiah 28:16
therefore this is what the LORD God says: "Look! I am laying a foundation stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation: Whoever believes firmly will not act hastily.
Isaiah 37:25
I myself dug wells and drank foreign waters; with the soles of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt."