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

Other Translations of Job 41:2

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

The Message

2 Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor?

New King James Version

2 Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

New Living Translation

2 Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:2

Chapter Contents

Concerning Leviathan.

The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.