King James Version
Job 40:24 in the King James Version says “He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. He: or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. He: or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin?”
Job 40:24 · KJV
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. he drinketh up: Heb. he oppresseth
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. He: or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it with his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“snares”
H4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
“pierceth through”
H5344to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
“his nose”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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