Job 41 · Verse 5

Job 41:5

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job 41:5, King James Version

Job 41:5 in other translations

BSBCan you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
WEBWill you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
ASVWilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
YLTDost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
DARBYWilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
BBEWill you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
WebsterWilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

What does Job 41:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. a bird?--that is, tamed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Wilt 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַֽתְשַׂחֶק\־hat.sa.chek-¿ will you playH7832
בּ֭וֹbowith it
כַּצִּפּ֑וֹרka.tzi.Porlike <the> birdH6833
וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּve.tik.she.Re.nuand will you bind? itH7194
לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ\׃le.na.'a.ro.Tei.khafor girls yourH5291

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Cross references for Job 41:5

  • Judges 16:25-30

    And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. …

  • Job 28:11

    He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
play.
Jud 16:25-30
bind.
28:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 41:4

    Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

  • Job 41:5

    Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

  • Job 41:6

    Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

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Job 41:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Jugarás tú con él como con pájaro, ó lo atarás para tus niñas?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui a mis à découvert le dessus de son vêtement? Qui pénétrera dans sa double mâchoire?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wer tat die Pforte seines Angesichts auf? Der Kreis seiner Zähne ist ein Schrecken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.