Job 40:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

New Living Translation
The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream.

English Standard Version
For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.

Berean Study Bible
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

New American Standard Bible
“The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him.

NASB 1995
"The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him.

NASB 1977
“The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him.

Amplified Bible
“The lotus plants cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook surround him.

Christian Standard Bible
Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him.

Contemporary English Version
or hides among reeds in the swamp.

Good News Translation
The thorn bushes and the willows by the stream give him shelter in their shade.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Lotus plants provide it with cover. Poplars by the stream surround it.

International Standard Version
The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him.

NET Bible
The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

New King James Version
The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.

King James 2000 Bible
The shady trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

New Heart English Bible
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

World English Bible
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

American King James Version
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

American Standard Version
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

A Faithful Version
The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook surround him.

Darby Bible Translation
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

English Revised Version
The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Webster's Bible Translation
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(40:17) Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
hyde him with their shadowe, and the wylowes of the broke couer him rounde aboute.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, "" Willows of the brook cover him.

Young's Literal Translation
Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

Smith's Literal Translation
The shades shall cover him with their shadow; the willows of the torrent shall surround him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The shadows surround him, and the ravens of the valley surround him

Lamsa Bible
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encircle him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; The willows of the brook compass him about.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field.
















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