Job 40:24
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
- KJV
- He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
- WEB
- Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
- ASV
- Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
- DARBY
- Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
- BLB
- Can one take him by his eyes, [or] pierce [his] nose with snares?
- ÅB
- Kan noen fange den så den ser det? Kan noen dra en snare gjennom dens nese?
- OTB
- Kan noen fange den når den er våken,
eller stikke dens nese med snarer? - B1930
- Kan nogen fange den så den ser det? Kan nogen dra en snare gjennem dens nese?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 41:1–2
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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