Simple verse list for JOB 41:2

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Original JOB 40:26: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yahweh (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Can you put a leash into its nose, ⇔ ≈ or pierce its jaw with a harpoon?

OET-LV (JOB 40:26) [fn] Will_you _put a _cord in_nose _of_its and_with_a _thorn will _you _pierce jaw _of_its.

ULT Will you put a rope into its nose, ⇔ or will you pierce its jaw with a hook?

UST You cannot hook its jaws to catch it ⇔ and then put cords through its nose to control it.

BSB & MSB Can you put a cord through his nose ⇔ or pierce his jaw with a hook?

OEB Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

WEBBE & WMBB Can you put a rope into his nose, ⇔ or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

MSG ^(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 put a cord through its nose, ⇔ or pierce its jaw with a hook?

LSV Do you put a reed in his nose? And pierce his jaw with a thorn?

FBV Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw?

T4T Can you put ropes through their noses to control them ⇔ or thrust hooks through their jaws?

LEB • Can you put a rope in its nose? • Or[fn] can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?

BBE Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

Moff or run a cord right through his gills, ⇔ or carry him with a gaff between his jaws?

JPS Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

ASV Canst thou put a rope into his nose? ⇔ Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

DRA (JOB 40:21) Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

YLT Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

Drby Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

RV Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
(Canst thou/you put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?)

SLT Wilt thou put a rope in his nose? and wilt thou hollow out his jaw with a thorn?

Wbstr Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

KJB-1769 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
(Canst thou/you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?)

KJB-1611 Canst thou put an hooke into his nose? or bore his iawe through with a thorne?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Canst thou put a hooke in the nose of him, or bore his iawe through with a naule?
(Canst thou/you put a hook in the nose of him, or bore his jaw through with an awl?)

Gnva Who hath preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine.
(Who hath/has prevented me that I should make an end? All under heaven is mine.)

Cvdl Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him, or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule?
(Canst thou/you put a ring in the nose of him, or bore his jaws through with an awl?)

Wycl (JOB 40:21) Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis, ethir schalt perse hyse cheke with `an hook?
(Whether thou/you shalt/shall put a ring in his nostrils, either shalt/shall pierce his cheek with an hook?)

Luth (JOB 40:26) Kannst du ihm eine Angel in die Nase legen und mit einem Stachel ihm die Backen durchbohren?
(Can you(sg) him a/one Angel in the nose place and with on sting him the bake pierce?)

ClVg (JOB 40:21) Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?
(Is_it you_will_put circle in/into/on nostrils his/her, or bracelet you_will_bore cheek his/her?)

UHB 26 הֲ⁠תָשִׂ֣ים אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּ⁠אַפּ֑⁠וֹ וּ֝⁠בְ⁠ח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱי⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX (JOB 40:26) Ἤ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ, ψελλίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ;

BrTr (JOB 40:26) Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?