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Job 41:2 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Job 41:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 41 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?”
Job 41:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 41:2
"Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?" God asks if Job can capture Leviathan using fishing methods—hook in nose or thorn through jaw. The Hebrew chach (חָח, "hook/ring") and choach (חוֹחַ, "thorn/hook") suggest futility of human techniques. Leviathan, whether representing crocodile, whale, or symbolic chaos-creature, remains beyond human control. This teaches that God alone governs forces that overwhelm human capacity. Recognizing what we cannot control should produce humble trust in God who can.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 41:2
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“and because your arrogance has come up into my ears”
“and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers”
“and because your arrogance is come up into my ears”
“Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan”