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Job 40

Job 40:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He lieth
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
under the shady trees
tse'el (Hebrew #6628)
the lotus tree
KJV usage: shady tree.
Pronounce: tseh'-el
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be slender
, in the covert
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
of the reed
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, and fens
bitstsah (Hebrew #1207)
a swamp
KJV usage: fen, mire(-ry place).
Pronounce: bits-tsaw'
Origin: intensive from 1206
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Papyrus,
Reed

Cross References

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the reed.
Isa. 19:6‑7• 6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
 7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. (Isa. 19:6‑7)
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Isa. 35:7• 7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. (Isa. 35:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "shady shrubs."