Job 40:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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  • Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
  • Josh 3:15 : 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
  • Ps 55:8 : 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
  • Isa 37:25 : 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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  • 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

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    20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

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    16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

    17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

  • 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

  • 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

  • 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

  • 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

  • 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

  • 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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    22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

    23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

  • 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

  • 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

  • 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

  • 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • 10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  • 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

  • 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

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    9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

    10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

  • 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

  • 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

  • 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

  • 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

  • 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.