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Job 40:23

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40:23If the river rages,30 it is not disturbed,

it is secure,31 though the Jordan

should surge up to its mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. 30 The word ordinarily means “to oppress.” So many commentators have proposed suitable changes: “overflows” (Beer), “gushes” (Duhm), “swells violently” (Dhorme, from a word that means “be strong”).
  2. 31 Or “he remains calm.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;

he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A raging river does not alarm it;

it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;

he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

It is not disturbed by the raging river,

not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;

it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:

He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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