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Job 41:2
Job 41:2 is verse 2 of Job chapter 41, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
King James Version
Canst thou put an 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?
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Job 41:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 27:1In 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.
Isaiah 37:29Because 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 29:4But 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.
Ezekiel 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.