Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can you put a rope in its nose? Or can you pierce its jawbone 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?
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?
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 you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or {can you tie down its mouth with a cord}? 2 Can you put a rope in its nose? Or can you pierce its jawbone with a hook? 3 Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:29
Because you were enraged {against} me, and your noise has come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way [by] which you came.
2 Kings 19:28
Because you are raging against me, and your arrogance has come up in my ears, I will put my nose ring in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. And I will turn you back on the way that you have come.
Isaiah 27:1
On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, [the] fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, [the] twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that [is] in the sea.
Ezekiel 29:4-5
And so I will put hooks in your jawbones, and I will make the fish of your Nile streams stick to your scales, and I will bring you up from the midst of your Nile streams, and all of the fish of your Nile streams [which] cling to your scales.