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 · 2000

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

Context

v.1Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

v.2This passage

v.3Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

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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