Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
New American Standard Bible
Or pierce his jaw with a
King James Version
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Holman Bible
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
International Standard Version
Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
A Conservative Version
Can thou put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
American Standard Version
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Bible in Basic English
Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou put a rope in his nose? and wilt thou hollow out his jaw with a thorn?
King James 2000
Can you put a rope in his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can you put a rope in its nose? Or can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?
Modern King James verseion
Can you put a reed rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw with a thorn?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Canst thou put a ring in the nose of him, or bore his jaw through with an awl?
NET Bible
Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?
New Heart English Bible
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
Webster
Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
World English Bible
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
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Or press down his tongue with a cord?
“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:29
“Because your raging against Me
And your arrogance has come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your
And I will turn you back by the way you came.
2 Kings 19:28
‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.
Isaiah 27:1
With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy],
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
Ezekiel 29:4-5
“I will put hooks in your jaws
And [I will] make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.
And I will pull you up from the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish of your rivers will stick to your scales.