Job 40:21
Strong's Lexicon
He lies
יִשְׁכָּ֑ב (yiš·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: 1) to lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on 1a2) to lodge 1a3) to lie (of sexual relations) 1a4) to lie down (in death) 1a5) to rest, relax (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) 1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) 1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down 1e) (Hophal) to be laid

under
תַּֽחַת־ (ta·ḥaṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

the lotus plants,
צֶאֱלִ֥ים (ṣe·’ĕ·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6628: 1) a kind of lotus 1a) a thorny lotus shrub

hidden
בְּסֵ֖תֶר (bə·sê·ṯer)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5643: n m 1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy 1a) covering, cover 1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place 1c) secrecy 1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous) n f 2) shelter, protection

among the reeds
קָנֶ֣ה (qā·neh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7070: 1) reed, stalk, bone, balances 1a) stalk 1b) water-plant, reed 1c) calamus (aromatic reed) 1d) derived meanings 1d1) measuring-rod 1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits) 1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves) 1d4) shaft (of lampstand) 1d5) branches (of lampstand) 1d6) shoulder-joint

of the marsh.
וּבִצָּֽה׃ (ū·ḇiṣ·ṣāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1207: 1) swamp, marsh

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

Young's Literal Translation
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He lies under  the lotus plants, hiding in the protection  of marshy  reeds.

New American Standard Bible
"Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

King James Bible
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

New Living Translation
It lies under the lotus plants, hidden by the reeds in the marsh.

English Standard Version
Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.

New American Standard Bible
"Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He lies under the lotus plants, hiding in the protection of marshy reeds.

International Standard Version
He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes.

NET Bible
Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
















Cross References
Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Job 40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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