Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

  • KJV King James Version

    He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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Passages linked to Job 40:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Job 41:1-2 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his]…

Job 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.

Ver. 24. He taketh it with his eyes] It, that is, Jordan, which he thinks, when he seeth it, to drink up at a draught; but it is better filling his belly than his eye, as we say. Others, He thrusteth his head in up to the eyes through extreme greediness. Brentius readeth it, Oculis suis capitur ipse, decipulis perforatur nasus; and saith, That this creature is taken only by his eyes and nose; for otherwise he is as sleek and slippery as an eel: so is Satan, saith he, neither can we shun his wiles but by the spirit of faith. But Nonne hoc spumosum? Luther in one place calleth allegories, Spumam Scripturae, the froth of the Scriptures (in Gen. iii. p. 67); and in another, the allegorical sense is a beauteous harlot that enticeth idle men, who think themselves in paradise, and in God’s bosom, when they fall upon such speculations. Gregory and others (who have wholly allegorized this and the former chapter, applying all to the devil and Antichrist), observed not what was the state and scope of this disputation. Some read the text thus, Will any take him in his sight, will any pierce his nose with snares? q.d. That is not the way to take him, or hold him when taken. He must be caught by wiles, and not by main force or open strength (see Pliny to this purpose), although when he is once caught he is soon tamed and made tractable to many uses. See Aristotle’s history of living creatures (lib. viii. cap. 8, 9). Pliny saith he had seen elephants dance on the rope, and write Greek letters with their feet (lib. ix. cap. 46).

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His nose pierceth through snares] Or, Will any bore his nose to put in snares? Though he be apt enough to be tamed and taught, yet he will not endure halter, bridle, bit, or ring in his nose; as neither will leviathan, of whom the like is spoken, Job 41:1-2.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain According to this translation the sense is this, He…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sight - Can any man take him in his…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. He taketh it with his eyes] He…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 40:24. He taketh it with his eyes —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He taketh it with his eyes - Margin, “Or,…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Handmaids? or little girls. (Calmet) Septuagint, "Wilt thou tie…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rather, "Will any take him by open force" (literally,…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. He taketh it with his eyes — Before…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. The meaning probably is,
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) His nose pierceth through snares.—Some render, “Shall any…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He taketh it with his eyes; rather, Shall one…

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