Job 40:23

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If the river roars, he is not alarmed; he is confident, even when the Jordan rushes against his mouth.

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  • Gen 13:10 : 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
  • Josh 3:15 : 15 Now as the priests who carried the ark came to the Jordan, and their feet touched the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the harvest season),
  • Ps 55:8 : 8 See, I would flee far away; I would stay in the wilderness forever. Selah.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. The one who believes will not panic.'
  • Isa 37:25 : 25 I dug wells and drank water; with the soles of my feet, I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

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  • 24Can anyone capture him by his eyes or pierce his nose with snares?

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    20For the mountains bring forth food for him, where all the wild animals play.

    21Under the lotus trees he lies down, hidden among the reeds and marshes.

    22The lotus trees conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

  • 7He will drink from a brook along the way; therefore He will lift up His head.

  • 15"If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

  • Job 39:20-24
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    20Do you make it leap like a locust, its majestic snorting filling the air with terror?

    21It paws eagerly in the valley, rejoices in its strength, and charges into the battle.

    22It laughs at fear, unshaken and undeterred by the sword.

    23The quiver rattles against it, along with the flashing spear and javelin.

    24With fierce excitement and rage, it devours the ground, unable to stand still when it hears the trumpet sound.

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    10He carves out channels through the rocks, and his eyes see every precious thing.

    11He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

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    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

    17He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.

  • 24I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

  • 25I dug wells and drank water; with the soles of my feet, I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

  • 4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

  • 18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • 7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

  • 4The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, sending its rivers around its planting place, and they watered all the trees of the field.

  • 33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into parched ground,

  • 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away.

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    22Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

    23He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • 27For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist.

  • 28His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He will sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and place a bridle in the jaws of the peoples, leading them astray.

  • 7Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers that surge and toss about?

  • 8They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

  • 10Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

  • 22Underneath him are sharp potsherds; he spreads himself out over the mire like a threshing sledge.

  • 11As the waters of a lake dry up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

  • 8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

  • 12By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

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    1Indeed, his hope is disappointed; even at the sight of him, he is cast down.

    2No one is fierce enough to stir him up, and who then can stand against me?

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    7It laughs at the commotion of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.

    8It searches the mountains for its grazing, pursuing every green thing.

  • 13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

  • 4He cuts a shaft far from where people dwell; forgotten by travelers, they dangle and swing to and fro far from humankind.

  • 3The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back.

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    9They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

    10His sneezes flash forth light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

  • 7therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks.

  • 10If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • 5If you have raced with footmen and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in a land of peace, how will you manage in the thickets of the Jordan?

  • 15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

  • 17For this is what the LORD says: You will not see wind or rain, but this valley will be filled with water, and you, your livestock, and your animals will drink.

  • 23When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.

  • 30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.