# lotus plants

flowering plants that float on the water in swampy areas. See how you translated this in [Job 40:19](./19.md).

# willows of the brook

Willows are large trees that grow in damp ground. If they are unknown in your culture, you can use a general term for trees that grow near water.

# banks

sides of the river

# though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth

"even if the flood of the Jordan should come up to his mouth"

# Can anyone capture him with a hook ... snare?

This can be translated as a statement. AT: "No one can capture him with a hook or pierce his nose through with a snare." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jordanriver]]