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Job 40:24 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 40:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 40:245 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/עֵינָ֥י/וbəʿēynāyw
by eyes itspronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יִקָּחֶ֑/נּוּyiqāḥenw
will anyone take? itverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
בְּ֝/מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗יםbəmwōqəšiym
with snarespronH4170
gin · snare · trap
יִנְקָבyinəqāb
will anyone pierce?verbH5344
blaspheme · bore · curse · express ···
אָֽףʾāp
a nosenounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 40:24

His bones are as pipes of brass. What are designated by the ‘bones’ of this Behemoth, except his counsels? For as the uprightness and strength of the body subsist in the bones, so does his whole malice exalt itself in crafty designs. For he does not oppress any one by force, but he destroys him by the craftiness of his deadly persuasion. And again, as the marrow strengthens the bones which it moistens, so also does the subtlety of his genius, infused by the power of a…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 32 §39
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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