King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Complete Jewish Bible:
Can you put a ring in his nose or pierce his jaw with a barb?
Berean Standard Bible:
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
American Standard Version:
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Canst thou put{H7760} an hook{H100} into his nose{H639}? or bore{H5344} his jaw{H3895} through with a thorn{H2336}?
Cross-References (KJV):
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.
Ezekiel 29:4
- 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.
Ezekiel 29:5
- And I will leave thee [thrown] into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
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.
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.
Explore This Verse Across Other Resources:
Commentary for Job 41:2
No commentary available.
*This commentary is produced by Microsoft/WizardLM-2-8x22B AI model
Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7760
There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שׂוּם
Transliteration: sûwm
Pronunciation: soom
Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work. - Strong's Number: H100
There are 1840 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַגְמוֹן
Transliteration: ʼagmôwn
Pronunciation: ag-mone'
Description: from the same as אֲגַם; a marshy pool (others from a different root, a kettle); by implication; a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes; bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. - Strong's Number: H639
There are 306 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַף
Transliteration: ʼaph
Pronunciation: af
Description: from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath. - Strong's Number: H5344
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָקַב
Transliteration: nâqab
Pronunciation: naw-kab'
Description: a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel); appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through. - Strong's Number: H3895
There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לְחִי
Transliteration: lᵉchîy
Pronunciation: lekh-ee'
Description: from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone; cheek (bone), jaw (bone). - Strong's Number: H2336
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חוֹחַ
Transliteration: chôwach
Pronunciation: kho'-akh
Description: from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn; by analogy, a ring forthe nose; bramble, thistle, thorn.