The Meaning of Job 40:24 Explained

Job 40:24

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

YLT: Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?

Darby: Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 40:24?

MEANING: What does Job 40:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 40:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 40:24?

What is the context of Job 40:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 40:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 40:1-24 - "hast Thou An Arm Like God?"

God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6.

It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God therefore summoned him to array himself in his utmost glory and majesty and to argue his case further. But how impotent man is at the best!

The truth is driven home by a magnificent description of the hippopotamus, to whom the strongest and biggest of man's creations are child's play. If you cannot prevail against His creatures, how can you stand against the Creator? But if that Creator is your Father, how safe you are! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 40

¹ Job humbles himself to God
⁶ God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom
¹⁶ Of the behemoth

What do the individual words in Job 40:24 mean?

In his eyes [Though] he takes it with a snare [Or] one pierces [his] nose

בְּעֵינָ֥יו יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ בְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗ים יִנְקָב־ אָֽף

בְּעֵינָ֥יו	In his eyes
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ	[Though] he takes it
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
בְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗ים	with a snare
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural Root: מֹוקֵשׁ Sense: bait, lure, snare.
יִנְקָב־	[Or] one pierces
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָקַב Sense: to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint.
אָֽף	[his] nose
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אַף Sense: nostril, nose, face.

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