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Job 40:23 KJV
Job · chapter 40 · verse 23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.Job 40:23 · King James Version
Job 40:23 in context
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- trustethbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- hastethchâphazproperly, to start up suddenlyH2648 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
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God, for the further proving of his own power and disproving of Job's pretensions, concludes his discourse with the description of two vast and mighty animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength, one he calls behemoth, the other leviathan. In these verses we have the former described.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-24