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.

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  • Job 3:8

    Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

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  • Psalms 74:14

    Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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  • Psalms 104:26

    There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

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