Job 41:2 “Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?”

Job 41:2

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

World English Bible

Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

American Standard Version

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who hath preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine.

Darby Translation

Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

Bible in Basic English

Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

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Cross references

“Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?”

Isaiah 37:29 Isaiah 27:1 Ezekiel 29:4 Ezekiel 29:5

Isaiah 37:29 · BSB

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Ezekiel 29:4 · BSB

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

Ezekiel 29:5 · BSB

I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds o…

Also

2 Kings 19:28

2 Kings 19:28 · BSB

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

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