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 catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw? Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike? 3Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity? 4Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life?

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 27:1In that day the Lord will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
• Isaiah 37:29And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
• Ezekiel 29:4I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish 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