Job 41:7

Job 41:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
• New International Version (NIV)Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can you fill his skin with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Will its hide be hurt by spears or its head by a harpoon?

Context of Job 41:7

5Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? 6Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? 8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again! 9Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

Job 41:7 word by word

הַֽתְמַלֵּ֣א בְשֻׂכּ֣וֹת עוֹר֑וֹ וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל דָּגִ֣ים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Canst thou fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• his skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• with barbed ironsשֻׂכָּהώûkkâh · spearH7905
• or his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• with fishדָּגdâg dâ'g · fishH1709
• spearsצִלִצָלtselâtsal · spearH6767

Cross-references for Job 41:7

• Job 41:26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

Commentaries on Job 41:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? - This refers to some kind of harpoon work, similar to that employed in taking whales, and which they might use for some other kinds of animals; for the skin of the crocodile could not be pierced. Herrera says that he saw a crocodile defend itself against thirty men; and that they fired six balls at it without being able to wound it. It can only be wounded under his belly.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? - Referring to its thickness and impenetrability. A common method of taking fish is by the spear; but it is here said that the leviathan could not be caught in this manner. The common method of taking the crocodile now is by shooting him; see the notes at Job 41:1. Nothing is more remarkable in the crocodile than the thick and impenetrable skin with which it is covered; and the description here will agree better…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. His hide is not penetrable, as that of fishes.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:7

• Fish
• Fish Spear
• God
• Iron

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Fish
• Fishing
• Head
• Locust
• 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