Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 41:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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Role in This Section
The LORD presses the unit's question through “Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?”, a line that belongs to Leviathan Cannot Be Hooked, Bargained with, or Domesticated.
Read It With
- Job 41:1–41:10
The line at Job 41:2 is one step in Job 41:1–41:10. The LORD presses the unit's question through “Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?”, a line that belongs to Leviathan Cannot Be Hooked, Bargained with, or Domesticated. Its force depends on who speaks and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Job 41:1–41:10. The LORD presses the unit's question through “Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?”, a line that belongs to Leviathan Cannot Be Hooked, Bargained with, or Domesticated. The speaker distinction and this limit govern it: Leviathan draws on sea-creature and chaos imagery; crocodile language may contribute, but no exact modern species or conspiracy identification is established.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 41:1–41:10 — Leviathan Cannot Be Hooked, Bargained with, or DomesticatedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 41:1–41:10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 41:1–41:10
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