Revised Webster's Bible
Job 41:2
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee? 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Read all of Job 41Job 41:2 word by word
הֲתָשִׂ֣ים אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 41:2
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his fierce and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 37:29Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick to thy 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
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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
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