Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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 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.
Read in contextJob 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Read in contextPsalms 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Read in contextPsalms 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
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