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 Leviathan out ⌞of the water⌟ with a fishhook or tie its tongue down with a rope? Can you put a ring through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook? 3Will it plead with you for mercy or speak tenderly to you? 4Will it make an agreement with you so that you can take it as your permanent slave?

Job 41:2 word by word

הֲתָשִׂ֣ים אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Canst thou putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• an hookאַגְמֹן'agmôn · bulrushH100
• into his noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• or boreנָקַבnâqab · to pierceH5344
• his jawלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• through with a thornחוֹחַchôach · thistleH2336

Cross-references for Job 41:2

• Isaiah 27:1On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.
• Isaiah 37:29Since you rage against me and your boasting has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.
• Ezekiel 29:4“ ‘I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish in the Nile River stick to your scales. I will pull you out of your river with all the fish in the Nile sticking 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