Job 40:24New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce [his] nose?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pearceth through snares.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Can one take him with a hook, or catch him with a net? Can one snare him in a trap, or can one bind his tongue with a rope?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares. |
He taketh
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
it with his eyes:
5869 {5869} Primeעַיִן`ayin{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
[ his] nose
639 {0639} Primeאַף'aph{af}
From H0599; properly the nose or nostril; hence the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire.
pierceth
x5344 (5344) Complementנָקַבnaqab{naw-kab'}
A primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel).
through
y5344 [5344] Standardנָקַבnaqab{naw-kab'}
A primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
snares.
4170 {4170} Primeמוֹקֵשׁmowqesh{mo-kashe'}
From H3369; a noose (for catching animals), (literally or figuratively); by implication a hook (for the nose). |
Job 40:24
_ _ Rather, “Will any take him by open force” (literally, “before his eyes”), “or pierce his nose with cords?” No; he can only be taken by guile, and in a pitfall (Job 41:1, Job 41:2). |
Job 40:24
Sight — Can any man take him in his eyes? Openly and by force? Surely not. His strength is too great for man to overcome: and therefore men are forced to use wiles and engines to catch him. |
Or, Will any take him in his sight, or bore his nose with a gin,
Job 41:1- 2 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [ which] thou lettest down? ... Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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