Job 41:2

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

Cross-reference

Job 40:24 Parallel

In Job 40:24, the same idea of piercing the nose with a snare is applied to Behemoth, showing a parallel between the two untamable creatures.

Isaiah 27:1 Contrast

In Isaiah 27:1, God Himself will punish Leviathan, contrasting with Job 41:2 where man cannot even hook its nose.

In Isaiah 37:29, God uses the same hook-in-nose imagery to control the Assyrian king, showing divine sovereignty over proud opponents.

In Ezekiel 29:4, God uses hook-in-jaws imagery to judge Pharaoh, paralleling the hook in Leviathan's jaw in Job.

In 2 Kings 19:28, God uses the hook-in-nose imagery against Sennacherib, mirroring the language of controlling Leviathan in Job.