Job 40:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Under the lotus plants it lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ He lieth under the shady trees, In the covert of the reed, and fens.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reeds in the marsh.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

Common English Bible

²¹ He lies under the lotuses, under the cover of reed and marsh.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

Job 40:21 Cross References

Genesis 41:2

and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass.

Job 40:20

For the mountains yield food for it where all the wild animals play.

Job 40:22

The lotus trees cover it for shade; the willows of the wadi surround it.

Psalm 68:30

Rebuke the wild animals that live among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.

Isaiah 35:7

the burning sand shall become a pool and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp; the grass shall become reeds and rushes.