Job 40:23

If the river rages, ¹  it is not disturbed, it is secure, ²  though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

biblegateway Job 40:23

When the river rages, he is not alarmed; he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

biblegateway Job 40:23

"If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

biblegateway Job 40:23

It is not disturbed by raging rivers, not even when the swelling Jordan rushes down upon it.

biblegateway Job 40:23

And when the river rages he doesn't budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild.

SABDAweb Job 40:23

Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

bibleoremus Job 40:23

Even if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident though Jordan rushes against its mouth.

biblegateway Job 40:23

Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

biblegateway Job 40:23

If the river rages, ¹  it is not disturbed, it is secure, ²  though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

¹ tn The word ordinarily means “to oppress.” So many commentators have proposed suitable changes: “overflows” (Beer), “gushes” (Duhm), “swells violently” (Dhorme, from a word that means “be strong”).

² tn Or “he remains calm.”