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Job 40:23

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

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The surrounding passage

  1. Job 40:21

    He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

  2. Job 40:22

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

  3. Job 40:24

    He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.