Job 41:2
Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw?
Free Bible Version
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 out Leviathan with a hook? Can you tie its mouth shut?
3Will it beg you to let it go? Or will it talk softly to you?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because of your furious anger against me, and because I know how you disrespect me, I'm going to put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will force you to return the same way you came.”
Proverbs 21:30Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
Isaiah 37:29Because of your furious anger against me, and because I know how you disrespect me, I'm going to put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will force you to return the same 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 →