Job 40:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 19:6-7 : 6 And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away. 7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
Isa 35:7 : 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 40:22-23
2 verses
89%
22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Job 40:20
75%
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
Job 38:40
73%
40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Ezek 31:3-8
6 verses
73%
3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
4The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field.
5Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.
6All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
7Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.
Job 30:6-7
2 verses
72%
6So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
Job 8:16-17
2 verses
71%
16He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
17His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
Isa 35:7
71%
7And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Num 24:6
71%
6As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.
Job 29:19
70%
19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
Job 37:8
70%
8Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.
Ps 80:10
70%
10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.
Isa 7:19
70%
19And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.
Job 39:8
69%
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Job 39:21
69%
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
Ps 10:9-10
2 verses
69%
9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
Ezek 31:13-14
2 verses
69%
13Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;
14to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Job 40:17
69%
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Dan 4:21
69%
21whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:
Isa 19:7
69%
7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
Lam 3:10
69%
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Isa 32:19
69%
19But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.
Isa 44:14
69%
14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
Job 18:16
68%
16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
Job 41:30
68%
30His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Ps 104:12
68%
12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
Ps 104:16-17
2 verses
68%
16The trees of Jehovah are filled [with moisture], The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
Isa 41:19
68%
19I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil - tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:
Dan 4:15
68%
15Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Ps 23:2
68%
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
Job 21:33
68%
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Job 8:12
68%
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
Jer 17:8
68%
8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Job 14:9
67%
9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
Ezek 17:23
67%
23in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Ezek 17:5
67%
5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Ps 104:20
67%
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Ps 17:12
67%
12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Dan 4:12
67%
12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches thereof, and all flesh was fed from it.
Ps 18:11
67%
11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.