Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Can thou put a rope 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?
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?
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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?
1 Can thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Can thou put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? 3 Will he make many supplications to thee? Or will he speak soft words to thee?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:29
Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my 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 came.
2 Kings 19:28
Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my 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 came.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
Ezekiel 29:4-5
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick to thy scales.