King James Version

Job 40:22

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

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יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּyesukuhvcoverסָכַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH5526properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protectcover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.צֶאֱלִ֣יםtseelimshady treeצֶאֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “shady tree”, the ordinary formH6628the lotus treeshady tree.צִֽלֲל֑וֹtsilalvoshadowצֵלֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shadow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6752shadeshadow.יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּyesubuhvbringסָבַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring”, an unfinished actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…עַרְבֵיarvewillowעָרָבnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “willow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6155a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)willow.נָֽחַלnachalbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “brook”, the ordinary formH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

World English Bible

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

Darby Translation

Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

Douay-Rheims

Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις, καὶ κλῶνες ἀγροῦ.