Job 41:5

Job 41:5 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

5Can you make a pet of it like a bird

or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?

5“Will you play with him as with a bird,

And tie him down for your young girls?

5“Will you play with him as with a bird?

Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

5Can you pet him like a bird

or put him on a leash for your maidens?

5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?

Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

5Who shall open the doores of his face? his teeth are fearefull round about.

5Will you play with him as with a bird?

Or will you bind him for your girls?

5Can you make a pet out of it like a bird?

Can you put it on a leash for the young women in your house?

5Leviathan is not something to enjoy at home, like a bird.

You cannot tie it with a rope,

so that your girls can play with it.

5Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?