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Job 40:23
Job 40:23 is verse 23 of Job chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
King James Version
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.
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Job 40:21–24 · Berean Standard Bible
21 He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
22 The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”
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.
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,