Job 41:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?”
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““Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 41:1 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
- Job 3:8May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
- Job 40:24Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
- Psalms 74:14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
- Psalms 104:26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).