Job 40:21 {16}
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He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

the reed

Isaiah 19:6,7 And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away. . . .

Isaiah 35:7 And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
20To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play. 21He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.22The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.…
Cross References
Genesis 41:2
Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.

Job 40:20
To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

Job 40:22
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:

Lexicon
He lies
יִשְׁכָּ֑ב (yiš·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

under
תַּֽחַת־ (ta·ḥaṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the lotus plants,
צֶאֱלִ֥ים (ṣe·’ĕ·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6628: (a kind of) lotus

hidden
בְּסֵ֖תֶר (bə·sê·ṯer)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy

among the reeds
קָנֶ֣ה (qā·neh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7070: A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam

of the marsh.
וּבִצָּֽה׃ (ū·ḇiṣ·ṣāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1207: A swamp


Additional Translations
He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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

He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.

He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

He lieth under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.

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

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
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