Job 40:24 {19}
Good News Translation
Who can blind his eyes and capture him? Or who can catch his snout in a trap?

New Revised Standard Version
Can one take it with hooks or pierce its nose with a snare?

Contemporary English Version
There is no way to capture a hippopotamus--not even by hooking its nose or blinding its eyes.

New American Bible
Who can capture him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a trap?

Douay-Rheims Bible
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

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In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

Job 41:1,2 Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? . . .

Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
23Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. 24In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
Cross References
Job 40:23
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

Job 40:23
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