Job 41:2

Hook. — Or, cord of rush.

A thorn. — Or, spike or hook.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Canst thou put a hook into his nose - Or rather, a “rope,” or “cord.” The word used here ( אגמון 'agmôn ) means “a caldron,” or “kettle” Job...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or (m) bore his jaw through with a thorn? (m) Because he fears lest you should take him.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 41. Leviathan. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:15 to Job 41:34 . Behemoth and Leviathan. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8-14 i...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hook . reed.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Canst thou put a hook onto his nose? - Canst thou put a ring in his nose,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Canst thou put an hook into his nose?— Canst thou put a bandage about his nose? Heath. The word אגמון agmon, rendered bandage signifies a ro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Hook - rather, a rope of rushes х 'agmown ( H100 )]. Thorn...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Speech of the Almighty (concluded) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hook] RM 'rope of rushes.' Thorn] RV 'hook.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Parable of the Crocodile Job 41:1-34 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Canst thou put an hook into his nose ?.... Or a rush, that is, a rope made of rushes; for of such ropes were made, as Pliny g affirms; or bore his...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Ver. 2. Canst thou put a hook into his nose? ] Canst thou ring him lik...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Canst thou put a hook Hebrew, אגמן, agmon, a bulrush , that is, a hook like a bulrush, with its head hanging down, as is expressed Isaiah 58:5 ;...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was anot...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of Leviathan. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An hook, Heb. a bulrush , i.e. a hook like a bulrush, with its head hanging down, as is expressed, Isaiah 58:5 . Into his nose, to hang him u...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 41:1 . “ Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook .” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARA...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 41:1 . Canst thou draw out leviathan? This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1 , and is rendered whale, dragon,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here sugge...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 41:1-18 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Canst thou put an hook, a ring made of plaited rushes, such as were drawn through the gills of captured fishes to prevent their escaping, into his n...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 29:4 ; Ezekiel 29:5 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; Isaiah 37:29
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thorn — Or, with an iron hook, or instrument as sharp as a thorn; wherewith thou usest to carry little fishes.

² Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Related Commentaries of Job 41:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 41:2