Job 41:7

What does Job 41:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 41:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?

Context

v.6Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

v.7This passage

v.8Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

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