Job 41:2
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because 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.’
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Isaiah 37:29Because 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.’
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 →