Job 41:2

Modern

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Traditional

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

Literal

Can you put a cord in his nose, and with a hook pierce his jaw?

Latin

Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?

Hebrew

English

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 37:29
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Ezekiel 29:4–5
But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
2 Kings 19:28
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’