Job 41:2
Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
In Context
3Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:28Because your rage against me and your tumult has come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 37:29Because your rage against me, and your tumult, has come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which 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 →