Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
KJV
Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum ?
Vulgate
θήσεται διαθήκην μετὰ σοῦ; λήμψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον;
LXX
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
ASV
הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח כִּֽי יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל פִּֽי/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
י
y
noun · 496×
יַּרְדֵּ֔ן
yrdn
proper_noun · 182×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 10×
ם
m
verb · 34×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
תָּ֣גַח
tgch
verb · 6×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egy