Job 40:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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5/5

Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 41:1-2 : 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 40:23
80%
23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Job 41:1-3
3 verses
77%
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
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Job 41:18-22
5 verses
74%
18His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
20Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.
21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
22In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
Job 41:6-7
2 verses
73%
6Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish - spears?
Prov 7:22-23
2 verses
73%
22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Job 18:8-10
3 verses
72%
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Job 39:20-25
6 verses
72%
20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
25As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! {H1889} And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Job 28:10-11
2 verses
71%
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Ps 10:9
71%
9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Job 39:29
71%
29From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
Amos 3:5
70%
5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
Job 41:13-15
3 verses
70%
13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15[ His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
Job 24:23
69%
23[ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
Job 20:13
69%
13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Job 34:21
69%
21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
Job 20:24
69%
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Isa 37:29
69%
29Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Job 20:16-17
2 verses
68%
16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
Job 38:39-40
2 verses
68%
39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Job 28:7
68%
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Job 9:12
67%
12Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Ps 110:7
67%
7He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.
Job 15:12
67%
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Job 11:11
67%
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Ps 115:6
67%
6They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;
Job 21:20
67%
20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 41:9
67%
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Isa 30:28
67%
28and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.
Job 41:30
67%
30His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Prov 16:30
67%
30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.