Job 41:2
What does Job 41:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 41:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 19:28
Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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 29:4
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.
- Isaiah 37:29
Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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.
- Isaiah 27:1
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
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