Job 41:2 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 41:2

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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?}

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

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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Job 41:1

"Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?}"

Job 41:3

"Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?"

Job 41:4

"Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?"

Job 41:5

"Wilt thou play with him as {with} a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?"

Job 41:6

"Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?"

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