Simple verse list for JOB 41:1

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Original JOB 40:25: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yahweh (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Can you pull the sea dragon with a hook, ⇔ ≈ or tie his tongue down with a rope?

OET-LV (JOB 40:25) [fn] Will _you _draw _out Livyātān with_a _fish _hook and_with_a _cord will _you _make _sink tongue _of_its.

ULT Will you draw out Leviathan with a hook? ⇔ Or will you tie its tongue with a rope?

UST And now I want you to think about another great animal that I created, Leviathan. ⇔ You cannot catch Leviathan with a fishhook, ⇔ and you cannot tie rope around its jaws to hold them closed!

BSB & MSB [ “] Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook ⇔ or tie down his tongue with a rope?

OEB Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

CSB Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

NLT “Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?

NIV “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

CEV Can you catch a sea monster by using a fishhook? Can you tie its mouth shut with a rope?

ESV “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

NASB “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

LSB “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down its tongue with a cord?

WEBBE & WMBB ⇔ “Can you draw out Leviathan[fn] with a fish hook, ⇔ or press down his tongue with a cord?

MSG I Run This Universe (1-11) “Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel? Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor? Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech? Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life? Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children? Will you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price? Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head? If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won’t live to tell the story. What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in! If you can’t hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me? Who could confront me and get by with it? I’m in charge of all this—I run this universe!

NET “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, ⇔ and tie down its tongue with a rope?

LSV “Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?

FBV “Can you pull out Leviathan[fn] with a hook? Can you tie its mouth shut?

T4T “Think also about ◄crocodiles/great sea dragons►. ⇔ Can you catch them with a fishhook ⇔ or fasten their jaws with a rope?

LEB • [fn] “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? • Or[fn] can you tie down its mouth with a cord ?[fn]

NRSV “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord?

NKJV “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

NAB Can you lead Leviathan about with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?

BBE Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

Moff Can you pull out the crocodile with a hook, ⇔ or tie his tongue down with a string,

JPS Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

ASV Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? ⇔ Or press down his tongue with a cord?

DRA (JOB 40:20) Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

YLT Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down — his tongue?

Drby Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

RV Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
(Canst thou/you draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?)

SLT Wilt thou draw out the crocodile with a hook and with a cord wilt thou press down his tongue?

Wbstr Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

KJB-1769 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?[fn][fn]
(Canst thou/you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou/you lettest down?)

KJB-1611 ¶ Canst thou draw out [fn]Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde [fn]which thou lettest downe?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Canst thou drawe out Leuiathan with an hooke, or binde his tongue with a corde?
(Canst thou/you draw out Leviathan with an hook, or bind his tongue with a cord?)

Gnva None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me?
(None is so fierce that dare stir him up. Who is he then that can stand before me?)

Cvdl Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle, or bynde his tonge with a snare?
(Darrest thou/you draw out Leviathan with an angle, or bind his tongue with a snare?)

Wycl (JOB 40:20) Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge?
(Whether thou/you shalt/shall more draw out leviathan with an hook, and shalt/shall bind with a rope his tongue?)

Luth (JOB 40:25) Kannst du den Leviathan ziehen mit dem Hamen und seine Zunge mit einem Strick fassen?
(Can you(sg) the Leviathan pull with to_him fishing_net and his tongue with on rope/cord grasp/take/touch?)

ClVg (JOB 40:20) An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus?
(An to_extract you_will_be_able_to Leviathan hook, and rope you_will_tie tongue/language his/her?)

UHB 40:25 תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּ⁠חַכָּ֑ה וּ֝⁠בְ⁠חֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX (JOB 40:25) Ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, περιθήσεις δὲ φορβαίεαν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ;

BrTr (JOB 40:25) But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?