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Job 41:2

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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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  1. Isaiah 37:29Rank 1 from verse 2
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    29Because 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.

  2. Ezekiel 29:4–5Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4But 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 unto thy scales.

    5And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

  3. 2 Kings 19:28Rank 3 from verse 2
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    28Because 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.

  4. Isaiah 27:1Rank 4 from verse 2
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    1IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Job 41:2

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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hook

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A bent or pointed implement used to catch, draw, fasten, or control.

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nose

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The projecting part of the face containing the nostrils and serving chiefly for smell and breathing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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jaw

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The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thorn

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Sense 1: A sharp spine or prickle. Sense 2: A thorn-bearing plant and a figure of something that pricks, obstructs, or grieves.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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

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3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

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