Job 41:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

KJV

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

WEB

Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

ASV

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

LSV

Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?

YLT

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

DBY

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

DRC40:24

Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

GNV40:24

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?

JPS40:29

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

LXXE40:29

And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

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WLC40:29

הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּ֭וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃KJV:Job.41.5We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br40:29

Παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ; ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ;

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