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?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?

Context of Job 41:5

3Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words? 4Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life? Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls? 6Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants? 7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its 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 16:25When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.
• Job 28:11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the 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
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• Maid; Maiden
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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