Job 41:2
Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? 1 For who is there that resists me? 1
Updated 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? 1 And hast thou not wondered at the things said of him? 1
3Or who will resist me, and abide, 1 Since the whole world under heaven is mine? 1
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, 1 There is no counsel against the ungodly. 1
Isaiah 37:29And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged, and thy rancor 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 →