Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 40 connects to 5 cross-references. God challenges Job to answer and Job confesses he has nothing to say, placing his hand over his mouth. God then confronts Job with the demand to look at Behemoth, a great creature of land and river whose strength no …
Other Translations
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
Cross References
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, …
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the …
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a …
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers …