Job 41:2

Job 41:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
• New International Version (NIV)Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Context of Job 41:2

1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly? 4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

Job 41:2 word by word

הֲתָשִׂ֣ים אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Can you putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• a cordאַגְמֹן'agmôn · bulrushH100
• through his noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• or pierceנָקַבnâqab · to pierceH5344
• his jawלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• with a hookחוֹחַchôach · thistleH2336

Cross-references for Job 41:2

• Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
• 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.’
• Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

Commentaries on Job 41:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Canst thou put a hook onto his nose? - Canst thou put a ring in his nose, and lead him about as thou dost thine ox? In the East they frequently lead thy oxen and buffaloes with a ring in their noses. So they do bulls and oxen in this country. Bore his jaw through with a thorn? - Some have thought that this means, Canst thou deal with him as with one of those little fish which thou stringest on a rush by means of the thorn at its end? Or perhaps it may…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Canst thou put a hook into his nose - Or rather, a “rope,” or “cord.” The word used here (אגמון 'agmôn ) means “a caldron,” or “kettle” Job 41:20, also a reed, or bulrush, growing in marshy places, and thus a rope made of reeds, a rush-cord. The idea is, that he could not be led about by a cord, as tame animals may be. Mr. Vansittart, however, supposes that the words here are expressive of ornaments, and that the allusion is to the fact mentioned by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. hook--rather, "a rope of rushes." thorn--rather, a "ring" or "hook." So wild beasts were led about when caught (Is 37:29; Eze 29:4); fishes also were secured thus and thrown into the water to keep them alive.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:2

• God
• Thorn

In the dictionaries

• Bulrush
• Comely
• Fishhooks
• Hook
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Thistle
• Cords, Small

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary