Job 41:2
Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
In Context
1Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said of him?
3Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole world under heaven is mine?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because thou wast angry against me, and thy fierceness is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hooks in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
Isaiah 37:29And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged, and thy rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in thy nose, and a bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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 →