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The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

Job 41:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
KJV
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
WEB
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
ASV
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
LSV
Do you fill his skin with barbed irons? And his head with fish-spears?
YLT
Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?
DBY
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
DRC40:26
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
GNV40:26
Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?
JPS40:31
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
LXXE40:31
And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither shall they carry his head in fishing-vessels.

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Original-language editions

WLC40:31
הַֽתְמַלֵּ֣א בְשֻׂכּ֣וֹת עוֹר֑וֹ וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל דָּגִ֣ים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃KJV:Job.41.7
LXX-Br40:31
Πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσι βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

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  • 40:31 in some Bibles
  • 41:7 in most Bibles

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