Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Can you put a rope in 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?

Holman Bible

Can you put a cord through his nose
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?

Amplified


“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes 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?

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Canst thou put
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

an hook
אגמון 
'agmown 
Usage: 5

לחי 
L@chiy 
Usage: 21

References

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

1 Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 “Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 “Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?



Cross References

Isaiah 37:29

“Because of your raging against Me
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

2 Kings 19:28

‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
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 make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

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