The Meaning of Job 40:22 Explained

Job 40:22

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

YLT: Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

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

ASV: The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 40:22?

MEANING: What does Job 40:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 40:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 40:22?

What is the context of Job 40:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

What does Job 40:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 40:1-24 - "hast Thou An Arm Like God?"

God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6.

It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God therefore summoned him to array himself in his utmost glory and majesty and to argue his case further. But how impotent man is at the best!

The truth is driven home by a magnificent description of the hippopotamus, to whom the strongest and biggest of man's creations are child's play. If you cannot prevail against His creatures, how can you stand against the Creator? But if that Creator is your Father, how safe you are! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 40

¹ Job humbles himself to God
⁶ God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom
¹⁶ Of the behemoth

What do the individual words in Job 40:22 mean?

Cover him the lotus trees [with] their shade surround him the willows by the brook

יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־ נָֽחַל

יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ	Cover him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular Root: סוּךְ Sense: (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in.
צֶאֱלִ֣ים	the lotus trees
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: צֶאֱלִים Sense: a kind of lotus.
צִֽלֲל֑וֹ	[with] their shade
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: צֵל Sense: shadow, shade.
יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ	surround him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular Root: סָבַב Sense: to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or arou nd, surround, encircle, change direction.
עַרְבֵי־	the willows by
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: עֲרָבָה Sense: poplar, willow.
נָֽחַל	the brook
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: נַחַל Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.

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		Isaiah 15:7 [2]
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