Job 41:1-7

Other Translations of Job 41:1-7

King James Version

41¹ Canst thou draw out leviathan leviathan: an extinct animal of some kind 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? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? ⁵ 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?

English Standard Version

41¹ Ch 40:25 in Hebrew"Can you draw out LeviathanA large sea animal, exact identity unknown with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? ² Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? ⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? ⁶ Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? ⁷ Can you fill his skin with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

The Message

41¹ Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel? ² Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor? ³ Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech? ⁴ Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life? ⁵ Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children? ⁶ Will you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price? ⁷ Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head?

New King James Version

41¹ "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? ² Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? ⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? ⁶ Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? ⁷ Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

New Living Translation

41¹ "Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw? ² Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike? ³ Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity? ⁴ Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life? ⁵ Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with? ⁶ Will merchants try to buy it to sell it in their shops? ⁷ Will its hide be hurt by spears or its head by a harpoon?