Job 40:22 - Exposition

The shady trees (or, the lotus trees ) cover him with their shadow (see the comment on Job 40:21 ); the willows of the brook compass him round about. The "willow of the brook" ( Leviticus 23:40 ) is probably the Saliz Aegyptiaca , or safsaf , which grows plentifully in the Nile valley, fringing the course both of the Nile itself and of the many streams derived from it. The Saliz Babylonica , or "weeping willow," is less likely.