JOB 41:1 Parallel Verse View

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

_C41.htm#C41V1">40:25 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.1

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (JOB 40:25) Ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, περιθήσεις δὲ φορβαίεαν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ;
(Axeis de drakonta en agkistrōi, perithaʸseis de forbaiean peri ɽina autou;)

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

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 No OEB JOB 41:1 book available

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?

41:1 Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature.

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?

41:1 Leviathan: some identify this creature with the crocodile, or a mythical beast. It is also mentioned in 3:8.

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]

41:? Job 41:1–34 in the English Bible is 40:25–41:26 in the Hebrew Bible

41:? Hebrew “And”

41:? Literally “with a cord can you press down its tongue”

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 No JPS JOB 40:25 verse available

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?)

41.1 leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind

41.1 which…: Heb. which thou drownest?

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)

41:1 That is, a whale or a whirlepoole.

41:1 Heb. which thou drownest.

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?)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּ⁠חַכָּ֑ה וּ֝⁠בְ⁠חֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: draw_out leviathan with,a_fish_hook and,with,a_cord press_down tongue_of,its )

Yahweh is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [You cannot draw out Leviathan with a hook! No, you cannot tie its tongue with a rope!]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן

(Some words not found in UHB: draw_out leviathan with,a_fish_hook and,with,a_cord press_down tongue_of,its )

Yahweh now wants Job to consider another one of his great creatures, Leviathan. But he does not indicate this by saying, as he did for Behemoth in [40:15](../40/15.md), “Now behold Leviathan.” Instead, he describes how difficult it would be to capture Leviathan, following upon his description of how difficult it would be to capture Behemoth. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a natural way in your language to show that here Yahweh is introducing another creature that he wants Job to consider. The UST models this approach. Alternate translation: [Now I want you to consider another of my great creatures. Will you draw out Leviathan]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן

(Some words not found in UHB: draw_out leviathan with,a_fish_hook and,with,a_cord press_down tongue_of,its )

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Will you draw Leviathan out of the water]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

לִוְיָתָ֣ן

leviathan

See how you translated the name Leviathan in [3:8](../03/08.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: draw_out leviathan with,a_fish_hook and,with,a_cord press_down tongue_of,its )

Yahweh is using one part of Leviathan’s mouth, its tongue, to mean its entire mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will you tie its mouth shut]

Parallel JOB 41:1