King James Version

Job 41:2

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:26.

הֲתָשִׂ֣יםhatasimputשׂוּםparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אַגְמ֣וֹןagmonbulrushאַגְמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bulrush”, the ordinary formH100a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushesbulrush, caldron, hook, rush.בְּאַפּ֑וֹbeapvoin faceאַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַuvechochaand in thornחוֹחַconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in thorn”, the ordinary formH2336a thorn; by analogy, a ring forthe nosebramble, thistle, thorn.תִּקּ֥וֹבtiqovwith holesנָקַבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “with holes”, an unfinished actionH5344to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.לֶֽחֱיוֹlecheyvocheekלְחִיnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cheek”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3895the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bonecheek (bone), jaw (bone).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

World English Bible

Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Darby Translation

Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

Douay-Rheims

Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἤ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ, ψελλίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ;