Job 41:5

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

⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: Kan du leke med den som med en fugl og binde den fast for dine små piker?
OTB: Vil du leke med ham som med en fugl,
Eller binde ham for dine unge piker?
B1930: Kan du leke med den som med en fugl og binde den fast for dine små piker?

BSB: Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
KJV: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
WEB: Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
ASV: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
DARBY: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
BLB: Will you play with him like a bird, and leash him for your maidens?

Judges 16:25–30
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Les i sammenheng
Job 28:11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Les i sammenheng