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Can you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
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The Imagery of Domestication
Commentators explain that the imagery in this verse refers to common methods of taming animals. Putting a rope (made of rushes) through the nose or piercing the jaw with a hook or ring were ways to lead and control beasts. The rhetorical question emphasizes that Leviathan is utterly untamable and cannot be subjugated by human means.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Can you put a hook into his nose? — Or rather, a “rope,” or “cord.” The word used here (אגמון 'agmôn) means “a ca…
19th Century
Anglican
Hook. —Or, cord of rush.
A thorn. —Or, spike or hook.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Can you put an hook into his nose ? &c.] Or a rush, that is, a rope made of rushes; for of such ropes were made, as …
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The description of the Leviathan is further to convince Job of his own weakness and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan is a whale or a…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord described the power of Leviathan, showing that humanity cannot conquer him but only God can, He now speaks of Leviathan's power to a…
