KJV King James Version
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
WEB World English Bible
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
ASV American Standard Version
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down—his tongue?
Surrounding context — 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?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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Cross-references
Psalm 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.Psalm 104:26There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.Isaiah 27:1In 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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