Job 40:20
But will you catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
In Context
19Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.
21Or will you fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21And you shall take to yourself of all kinds of food which you⌃ eat, and you shall gather them to yourself, and it shall be for you and them to eat.
Psalms 104:14He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: 1
Psalms 147:8He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 40:16-24
Description of Behemoth. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the… Read the whole commentary →