Job 41:2
Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
In Context
1I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
3I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel, which is against the Lord.
Isaiah 37:29When you became angry against me, your arrogance rose up to my ears. Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.
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 →