Job 41:5

Job 41:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
• New International Version (NIV)Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with?

Context of Job 41:5

3Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? 4Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? 6Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? 7Can you fill his skin with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

Job 41:5 word by word

הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּ֭וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wilt thou playשָׂחַקώâchaq · to laughH7832
• a birdצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
• or wilt thou bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• him for thy maidensנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291

Cross-references for Job 41:5

• Judges 16:25And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
• Job 28:11He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

Commentaries on Job 41:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Wilt thou play with him - Is he such a creature as thou canst tame; and of which thou canst make a pet, and give as a plaything to thy little girls? נערותיך naarotheycha ; probably alluding to the custom of catching birds, tying a string to their legs, and giving them to children to play with; a custom execrable as ancient, and disgraceful as modern.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? - A bird that is tamed. The art of taming birds was doubtless early practiced, and they were kept for amusement. But the leviathan could not thus be tamed. Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? - For their amusement. For such purposes doubtless, birds were caught and caged. There is great force in this question, on the supposition that the crocodile is intended. Nothing could be more incongruous than the idea of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. a bird?--that is, tamed.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:5

• Birds
• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Birds
• Cage
• Maid; Maiden
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary