the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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THE MESSAGE
Job 40:21
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He lies under the lotus plants,hiding in the protection of marshy reeds.
He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
It lies under the lotus plants, hidden by the tall grass in the swamp.
Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.
"He lies down under the lotus plants, In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.
"He lies down under the lotus plants, In the hiding place of the reeds and the marsh.
He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
Under the lotus plants it lies down,In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.
He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
It rests in the shade of trees along the riverbank
He lies down under the thorny lotus bushes and is hidden by the reeds in the swamp;
He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
He lies under the lotus plants. He hides among the reeds of the swamp.
He lurks in the covert of reeds, he couches as a lion.
He lies down under the thorn bushes, and hides among the reeds in the swamp.
Under the lotus tree it lies, in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
He lies under the lotus, in the hiding-place of the reed and the marsh;
He lyeth amoge the redes in the Mosses, the fennes
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lieth vnder the shady trees in the couert of the reede, and fennes.
He resteth him in the shade, in the couerte of the reede and fennes.
Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?
He lieth under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste places.
He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.
It lies under the lotus plants, hidden by the reeds in the marsh.
He lies down under the lotus plants, hidden in the high river grass.
Under the lotus plants it lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;
(40-16) He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
"Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the reed: Isaiah 19:6, Isaiah 19:7, Isaiah 35:7
Cross-References
It was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king. At the hour for serving wine I brought it in and gave it to the king. I had never been hangdog in his presence before, so he asked me, "Why the long face? You're not sick are you? Or are you depressed?" That made me all the more agitated. I said, "Long live the king! And why shouldn't I be depressed when the city, the city where all my family is buried, is in ruins and the city gates have been reduced to cinders?" The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the king, and if the king thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is buried, so that I can rebuild it." The king, with the queen sitting alongside him, said, "How long will your work take and when would you expect to return?" I gave him a time, and the king gave his approval to send me. Then I said, "If it please the king, provide me with letters to the governors across the Euphrates that authorize my travel through to Judah; and also an order to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, to supply me with timber for the beams of The Temple fortress, the wall of the city, and the house where I'll be living." The generous hand of my God was with me in this and the king gave them to me. When I met the governors across The River (the Euphrates) I showed them the king's letters. The king even sent along a cavalry escort. When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very upset, angry that anyone would come to look after the interests of the People of Israel. And so I arrived in Jerusalem. After I had been there three days, I got up in the middle of the night, I and a few men who were with me. I hadn't told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with us was the one I was riding. Under cover of night I went past the Valley Gate toward the Dragon's Fountain to the Dung Gate looking over the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken through and whose gates had been burned up. I then crossed to the Fountain Gate and headed for the King's Pool but there wasn't enough room for the donkey I was riding to get through. So I went up the valley in the dark continuing my inspection of the wall. I came back in through the Valley Gate. The local officials had no idea where I'd gone or what I was doing—I hadn't breathed a word to the Jews, priests, nobles, local officials, or anyone else who would be working on the job. Then I gave them my report: "Face it: we're in a bad way here. Jerusalem is a wreck; its gates are burned up. Come—let's build the wall of Jerusalem and not live with this disgrace any longer." I told them how God was supporting me and how the king was backing me up. They said, "We're with you. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they laughed at us, mocking, "Ha! What do you think you're doing? Do you think you can cross the king?" I shot back, "The God-of-Heaven will make sure we succeed. We're his servants and we're going to work, rebuilding. You can keep your nose out of it. You get no say in this—Jerusalem's none of your business!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed,
and fens. This may be thought to agree very well with the river horse, the inhabitant of the Nile, where reeds in great plenty grew, and adjoining to which were fenny and marshy places, and shady trees; and, as historians relate e, this creature takes its lodging among high reeds, and in shady places; yea, the reeds and sugar canes, and the leaves of the papyrus, are part of the food on which it lives; and hence the hunters of them sometimes cover their bait with a reed to take them; though it must be allowed that the elephant delights to be about rivers, and in clayey and fenny places f, and therefore Aelianus g says it may be called the fenny animal.
e Ammian. Marcellin. l. 22. Bellonius & Achilles Tatius apud Bochart ut supra. (Apud Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 5. c. 14. col. 760.) f Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 46. Plin. l. 8. c. 10. Aelian. de Animal. l. 9. c. 56. g lbid. l. 9. c. 24.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He lieth under the shady trees - Referring to his usually inactive and lazy life. He is disposed to lie down in the shade, and especially in the vegetable growth in marshy places on the banks of lakes and rivers, rather than to dwell in the open field or in the upland forest. This account agrees well with the habits of the hippopotamus. The word here and in Job 40:22 rendered “shady trees” (צאלים tse'eliym), is by Gesenius, Noyes, Prof. Lee, and Schultens, translated “lotus,” and “wild lotus.” The Vulgate, Syriac, Rosenmuller, Aben-Ezra, and others, render it “shady trees.” It occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures, and it is difficult, therefore, to determine its meaning. According to Schultens and Gesenius, it is derived from the obsolete word צאל tsā'al, “to be thin, slender;” and hence, in Arabic it is applied to the “wild lotus” - a plant that grows abundantly on the banks of the Nile, and that often serves the wild beasts of the desert for a place of retreat. It is not very important whether it be rendered the “lotus,” or “shades,” though the probable derivation of the word seems to favor the former.
In the covert of the reed - It is well known that reeds abounded on the banks of the Nile. These would furnish a convenient and a natural retreat for the hippopotamus.
And fens - בצה bitstsâh - “marsh, marshy places.” This passage proves that the elephant is not here referred to. He is never found in such places.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 40:21. He lieth under the shady trees — This and the following verses refer to certain habits of the behemoth, with which we are and must be unacquainted,
