Job 41:1
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
- KJV
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- WEB
- “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
- ASV
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
- DARBY
- Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
- BLB
- [“] Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, and press down his tongue with a rope?
- ÅB
- Kan du dra Leviatan[^3] opp med en krok og trykke dens tunge ned med et snøre?
- OTB
- «Kan du dra Leviatan opp med en fiskekrok,
Og holde hans tunge nede med et snøre? - B1930
- Kan du dra Leviatan op med en krok og trykke dens tunge ned med et snøre? / < krokodillen.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Read in contextJob 3:8
May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Read in contextPsalms 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Read in contextPsalms 104:26
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
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