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OET (OET-RV) The lotus trees cover it with their shade.
⇔ ≈The poplars in the riverbed surround it.
OET-LV Cover_him thorny_lotus_plants shade_their surround_him [the]_poplars of_[the]_wadi.
UHB יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ ‡
(yəşukkuhū ʦeʼₑlim ʦilₐlō yəşubūhū ˊarⱱēy-nāḩal.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις, καὶ κλῶνες ἀγροῦ.
(Skiazontai de en autōi dendra megala sun ɽadamnois, kai klōnes agrou. )
BrTr And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field.
ULT The lotus trees cover it with their shade;
⇔ the willows of the river surround it.
UST Hippopotamuses stay in the shade of trees that grow near rivers.
⇔ They stay in the midst of trees that grow near water.
BSB The lotus plants conceal him in their shade;
⇔ the willows [fn] of the brook surround him.
40:22 Or poplars
OEB Protected by shade of the lotus,
⇔ Encircled by water-willows.
WEBBE The lotuses cover him with their shade.
⇔ The willows of the brook surround him.
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (15-24)“Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you.
Grazing on grass, docile as a cow—
Just look at the strength of his back,
the powerful muscles of his belly.
His tail sways like a cedar in the wind;
his huge legs are like beech trees.
His skeleton is made of steel,
every bone in his body hard as steel.
Most magnificent of all my creatures,
but I still lead him around like a lamb!
The grass-covered hills serve him meals,
while field mice frolic in his shadow.
He takes afternoon naps under shade trees,
cools himself in the reedy swamps,
Lazily cool in the leafy shadows
as the breeze moves through the willows.
And when the river rages he doesn’t budge,
stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild.
But you’d never want him for a pet—
you’d never be able to housebreak him!”
NET The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow;
⇔ the poplars by the stream conceal it.
LSV Shades cover him, [with] their shadow,
Willows of the brook cover him.
FBV The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
T4T Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants,
⇔ and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
LEB • The lotus trees cover it with their shade; the wadi’s[fn] poplar trees surround it.
40:1 A seasonal stream that is often dry
BBE He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
ASV The lotus-trees cover him with their shade;
⇔ The willows of the brook compass him about.
DRA Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
YLT Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
Drby Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
RV The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Wbstr The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him.
KJB-1769 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
KJB-1611 The shady trees couer him with their shaddow: the willowes of the brooke compasse him about.
(The shady trees cover him with their shaddow: the willowes of the brook compass him about.)
Bshps The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about.
(The trees cover him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brook compass him about.)
Gnva Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
(Will he make many prayers unto thee/you, or speak thee/you faire? )
Cvdl hyde him with their shadowe, and the wylowes of the broke couer him rounde aboute.
(hyde him with their shadowe, and the wylowes of the broke cover him round about.)
Wycl Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee?
(Whether he shall multiply prayeris to thee/you, ether shall speak softe things to thee/you?)
Luth Das Gebüsch bedeckt ihn mit seinem Schatten, und die Bachweiden bedecken ihn.
(The Gebüsch bedeckt him/it with his Schatten, and the Bachweiden cover ihn.)
ClVg Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?
(Is_it multiplicabit to you(sg) preces, aut loquetur to_you mollia? )
40:15-24 Following a list of natural animals (39:1-30), God described Behemoth (40:15-24) and Leviathan (41:1-34) as creatures that man cannot tame. Job couldn’t tame the wild donkey or ox (39:5-12), let alone Behemoth and Leviathan (40:15-24), but God created them and could control them, and Job had to acknowledge it (41:2).
• Here Behemoth seems to be a natural creature: (1) It is an animal that God made, just as he made Job (40:15); (2) it is not a dreadful predator but eats grass like an ox (40:15); and (3) it is in a poem describing God’s creation of the natural order, rather than in a mythological story of the world’s formation. Most commentators identify Behemoth with the hippopotamus, a huge, grass-eating animal (40:15-19) that lies in the river among the lotus plants and reeds (40:21). Like the wild ox, Behemoth is powerful (40:16-18, 24; 39:11), yet is essentially peaceful (40:20-23).
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ
cover,him lotus_trees shade,their
If you translated the term lotus trees as “shade trees” in the previous verse, you could translate this verse in such a way as to avoid using the term shade twice. Alternate translation: “Those trees cover it with their shade”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל
willows brook
The term willows describes large trees that grow in damp ground. If your readers would not be familiar with what willow trees are, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “the trees that grow near the river”