Job 41:5
What does Job 41:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 41:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 28:11
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
- Judges 16:25
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars:
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