Job 40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
‖He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pearceth through snares.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, will any take him in his sight? or bore his nose with a ginne?
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- Job 41:1–2Rank 1 from verse 24
1CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
1¶ Canst thou draw out †Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde † which thou lettest downe?
2Canst thou put an hooke into his nose? or bore his iawe through with a thorne?
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Job 40:24
Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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The projecting part of the face containing the nostrils and serving chiefly for smell and breathing.
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Pierces; penetrates, passes through, or wounds deeply.
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From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.
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Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.
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23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
23Behold, †he drinketh vp a riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iordan into his mouth.
24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
24‖He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pearceth through snares.
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