21 “Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
22 “The lotus plants cover him with [a]shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
23 “If a river [b]rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the (A)Jordan rushes to his mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:22 Lit his shade
  2. Job 40:23 Or oppresses

21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds(A) in the marsh.(B)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream(C) surround it.
23 A raging river(D) does not alarm it;
    it is secure, though the Jordan(E) should surge against its mouth.

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