Job 41:2

\41:11\Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1\41:10\He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

3\41:12\I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:28Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Isaiah 37:29Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11

Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part… Read the whole commentary →

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