Job 41:5

Will you play with him as you would with a bird? 1 Will you tie him up for your servant girls? 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

In Context

4Will he make a covenant with you, 1 that you should take him for a servant forever? 1

6Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? 1 Will they divide him up to trade among the merchants? 1

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Cross References

Job 28:11He ties up the streams so they do not run; 1 what is hidden there he brings out to the light. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11

Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a 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… Read the whole commentary →

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