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Job 41:2

CreationGod's power and sovereignty

1 Canst 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?

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

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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BSB
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
KJV
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
WEB
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
ASV
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
DARBY
Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
BLB
Can you put a cord in his nose, and with a hook pierce his jaw?
ÅB
Kan du sette en sivline i dens nese og gjennombore dens kjeve med en krok?
OTB
Kan du sette en snor gjennom hans nese,
Og stikke en krok gjennom hans kjeve?
B1930
Kan du sette en sivline i dens nese og gjennembore dens kjeve med en krok?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:29

    Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, 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.

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  • Ezekiel 29:4–5

    But 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, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

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  • 2 Kings 19:28

    Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine 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.

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  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the LORD with his sore 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.

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