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Job 41:2

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

KJV

Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei ? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.

Vulgate

τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐμοὶ ἀντιστάς; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι καὶ ὑπομενεῖ; εἰ πᾶσα ἡ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐμή ἐστιν,

LXX

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

ASV

לֹֽא אַ֭כְזָר כִּ֣י יְעוּרֶ֑/נּוּ וּ/מִ֥י ה֝֗וּא לְ/פָנַ֥/י יִתְיַצָּֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַכְזָֽר
'kzr
adjective · 4×
ה
h
verb · 76×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
htytsb
verb · 48×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 19:28 — Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine 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 camest.
  • Ezek 29:4 — But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick
  • Isa 37:29 — Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.