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phants, but only as put for any deep and vio- 

 lent river : for such the Jordan is in the time 

 of its overflowing. 



'' He taketh it with his eyes ; his nose pier- 

 ceth through snares." 



Job is here called upon, in the most humi- 

 liating irony, to try his courage on this large 

 and powerful creature, to take him by open 

 force, and guide him, when taken, with a cord, 

 as he used to manage his camels. 



" Let a man take him openly, let him draw a 

 cord through his nose. " 



The second sentence alludes, I imagine, to 

 the hair noose, or ring, which the Arabs put 

 through the nose of their camels ; and by which 

 a line being fastened to it, they bring them to 

 their beck. 



The following version of Job's description 

 appears too interesting to be disregarded. I 

 trust you will agree with me in this opinion: — 



Behold my behemoth, his bulk uprear. 

 Made by thy Maker, grazing like a steer. 



