Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?
New American Standard Bible
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
King James Version
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Holman Bible
or put him on a leash
International Standard Version
"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?
A Conservative Version
Will thou play with him as with a bird? Or will thou bind him for thy maidens?
American Standard Version
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Bible in Basic English
Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou play with him as a bird? and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
King James 2000
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you leash him for your maidens?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will you play with it as [with] birds and put it on a leash for your girls?
Modern King James verseion
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou take thy pastime with him as with a bird? Or give him unto thy maidens,
NET Bible
Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?
New Heart English Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
Webster
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
World English Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
Themes
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Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
4
“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?
“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?
“Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Names
Cross References
Judges 16:25-30
Now when they were in high spirits, they said, “Call for Samson, so that he may amuse us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
Job 28:11
“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.