Job 41

Job · Chapter 41

Job 41:1

1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
will you draw out?תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְtim-SHOKHH4900
to draw

מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) 1) to draw, drag, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down 1a2) to draw (the bow) 1a3) to proceed, march 1a4) to draw out or give (a sound) 1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue 1a6) to trail (seed in sowing) 1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify 1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred 1c2) to be tall

Leviathanלִוְיָתָ֣ןliv-ya-TANH3882
Leviathan

לִוְיָתָן (liv.ya.tan) a sea monster, dragon 1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile 1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown, 1c) a mythical or proverbial creature

with a fish hookבְּחַכָּ֑הbe-cha-KAHH2443
hook

חַכָּה (chak.kah) hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook

and with a cordוּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶלu-ve-CHE-velH2256M
cord

חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) 1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company 1a) a rope, cord 1b) a measuring-cord or line 1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region 1d) a band or company § destruction

will you hold down?תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַtash-KI-a'H8257
to sink

שָׁקַע (sha.qa) 1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

tongue itsלְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃le-sho-NOH3956G
tongue

לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) : tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.