Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
KJV
Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum : quis enim resistere potest vultui meo ?
Vulgate
οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις τεθαύμακας; οὐδὲ δέδοικας ὅτι ἡτοίμασταί μοι;
LXX
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
ASV
הֵן תֹּחַלְתּ֥/וֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲ/גַ֖ם אֶל מַרְאָ֣י/ו יֻטָֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
י
y
noun · 6×
יְכַזֵּ֑ב
ykzb
verb · 18×
יָּ֤טֶל
ytl
verb · 14×
מַרְאֶ֖ה
mr'h
noun · 104×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
24. 'And he said they often appeared as the Lord revealed the devil to Job, saying, His eyes are as the morning star. From his mouth proceed burning lamps and hearths of fire are cast forth. The smoke of a furnace blazing with the fire of coals proceeds from his nostrils. His breath is coals and from his mouth issues flame. When the prince of the demons appears in this wise, th…
Cross-references
- Isa 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Job 3:8 — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
- Job 3:8 — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
- Ps 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Ps 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Ps 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- Ps 148:7 — Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: