Job 40:22

22 Los lotos le brindan su sombra;los álamos junto al río lo envuelven.

Job 40:22 Meaning and Commentary

Job 40:22

The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow
Under which it lies, as in ( Job 40:21 ) ; which is thought not so well to agree with the elephant, since, according to Aelianus ^F8 and other writers, it lies not down, at least but rarely, but sleeps standing; it being very troublesome to it to lie down and rise up again; and besides it is represented by some authors ^F9 as higher than the trees, and therefore this is supposed to agree better with the river horse; especially since it follows,

the willows of the brook compass him about;
or the willows of the Nile, as some choose to render it; which would put it out of all doubt that the river horse is intended, if it could be established, it being an inhabitant of that river; and yet the above writer ^F11 speaks of elephants, when grown old, seeking large thick and shady woods to take up their abode in.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Ibid. (Aelian. de Animal.) c. 31.
F9 Ibid. l. 7. c. 6.
F11 Ibid. c. 2.

Job 40:22 In-Context

20 Los montes le brindan sus frutos;allí juguetean todos los animales salvajes.

21 Debajo de los lotos se tiende a descansar;se oculta entre los juncos del pantano.

22 Los lotos le brindan su sombra;los álamos junto al río lo envuelven.

23 No se alarma si brama el río;vive tranquilo aunque el Jordán le llegue al hocico.

24 ¿Quién ante sus ojos se atreve a capturarlo?¿Quién puede atraparlo y perforarle la nariz?