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or his tongue with a cord <i>which</i> thou lettest down?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or <i>snare</i> his tongue with a line <i>which</i> you lower?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Can you drag out Leviathan with a fishhook, And press down his tongue with a rope?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down its tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Can you catch a sea monster by using a fishhook? Can you tie its mouth shut with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Can you pull Leviathan out [of the water] with a fishhook or tie its tongue down with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> "Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou draw out the crocodile with a hook and with a cord wilt thou press down his tongue?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 40:20>Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can you lead Leviathan about with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />CAN you catch the Leviathan with a hook? Or draw him out with a cord in his mouth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Will you hold the Dragon in a net by a cord? Will you hold him by his tongue?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/41-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6402" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">God's Power Shown in Leviathan</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: tim·šōḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">“Can you pull in</a> <a href="/hebrew/3882.htm" title="3882: liw·yā·ṯān (N-ms) -- From lavah; a wreathed animal, i.e. A serpent; figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.">Leviathan</a> <a href="/hebrew/2443.htm" title="2443: bə·ḥak·kāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A hook, fishhook. Probably from chakah; a hook.">with a hook</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lə·šō·nōw (N-csc:: 3ms) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">or tie down his tongue</a> <a href="/hebrew/8257.htm" title="8257: taš·qî·a‘ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- (abbreviated Am. 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ū·ḇə·ḥe·ḇel (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">with a rope?</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm">Psalm 74:13-14</a></span><br />You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; / You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a></span><br />In 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/29-3.htm">Ezekiel 29:3</a></span><br />Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Ezekiel 32:2</a></span><br />“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26</a></span><br />There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></span><br />Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Amos 9:3</a></span><br />Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a></span><br />He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a></span><br />For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a></span><br />Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-21.htm">Genesis 1:21</a></span><br />So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Psalm 89:10</a></span><br />You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-29.htm">Luke 11:29-30</a></span><br />As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. / For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Can you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?</p><p class="hdg">leviathan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a></b></br> Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a></b></br> Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, <i>and</i> gavest him <i>to be</i> meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26</a></b></br> There go the ships: <i>there is</i> that leviathan, <i>whom</i> thou hast made to play therein.</p><p class="hdg">lettest down.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/3-32.htm">Angle</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Fish-Hook</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">Hook</a> <a href="/job/3-8.htm">Leviathan</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/25-4.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/39-15.htm">Press</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Rope</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-7.htm">Tie</a> <a href="/job/34-3.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/job/40-8.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/21-9.htm">Angle</a> <a href="/psalms/3-7.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/job/41-16.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Fish-Hook</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Hook</a> <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Leviathan</a> <a href="/job/41-14.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-3.htm">Press</a> <a href="/psalms/31-4.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/job/41-17.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Rope</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Tie</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Job 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/41-1.htm">Of God's great power in the leviathan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook</b><br>The term "Leviathan" is often understood as a large sea creature, possibly a crocodile or a mythical sea monster, symbolizing chaos and evil. In the ancient Near Eastern context, such creatures were often depicted in mythology as adversaries of the gods. The rhetorical question highlights God's supreme power over creation, contrasting human limitations. Leviathan is also mentioned in Psalms 74:14 and <a href="/isaiah/27.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a>, where it symbolizes God's victory over chaos. The imagery of using a hook suggests human attempts to control or conquer, which are futile against such a formidable creature, emphasizing God's unmatched sovereignty.<p><b>or tie down his tongue with a rope?</b><br>This phrase continues the theme of human inability to subdue Leviathan, further illustrating the creature's power and untamable nature. The tongue may symbolize speech or communication, suggesting that even the most basic control over Leviathan is beyond human capability. This can be seen as a metaphor for the futility of human efforts to control or understand the divine mysteries fully. The imagery of a rope implies restraint, which is impossible for humans but effortlessly achieved by God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's dominion over all creation, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Psalm 89:9-10</a>, where God is depicted as ruling over the raging sea.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who undergoes severe trials and questions God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/leviathan.htm">Leviathan</a></b><br>A powerful and mysterious sea creature mentioned in the Bible, symbolizing chaos and the untamable aspects of creation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, who speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, challenging Job's understanding of divine wisdom and power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>The mention of Leviathan highlights God's control over even the most formidable aspects of creation. We are reminded of our own limitations and the need to trust in God's wisdom and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_god's_creation.htm">The Mystery of God's Creation</a></b><br>Leviathan represents the mysterious and untamable parts of the world. This challenges us to acknowledge that not all things are meant to be understood by human minds, and we must have faith in God's greater plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Job's inability to control Leviathan serves as a metaphor for human limitations. It teaches us to approach God with humility, recognizing that His ways and thoughts are higher than ours.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice_and_power.htm">Trust in God's Justice and Power</a></b><br>Despite the chaos symbolized by Leviathan, God remains in control. This encourages believers to trust in God's justice and power, even when life seems chaotic and incomprehensible.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_leviathan_spirit.htm">What is the Leviathan Spirit?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_supports_leviathan_in_job_41.htm">In light of lacking physical evidence or fossil records, what historical or archaeological support exists for Leviathan in Job 41? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_leviathan_so_realistic_in_job_41.htm">If Leviathan is a metaphorical creature, why does Job 41 depict it with such realistic physical traits and capabilities? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_myth_creatures_are_in_the_bible.htm">What mythological creatures are mentioned in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XLI.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Leviathan.</span>--There can be little doubt that by this is meant the crocodile or alligator, whatever may be the true meaning of behemoth.<p><span class= "bld">Or his tongue . . .</span>--Some render, "or press down his tongue with a cord"; but the Authorised Version seems preferable.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-34.</span> - The crowning description of a natural marvel - the "leviathan," or crocodile - is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scripture. It forms, however, a fit climax to the gradually more and more elaborate descriptions of <a href="/job/38-39.htm">Job 38:39-41</a>; <a href="/job/39-1.htm">Job 39:1-30</a>; and <a href="/job/40-15.htm">Job 40:15-24</a>. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?</span> The word <span class="accented">leviathan</span>, or more properly <span class="accented">livyathan</span>, which has previously occurred in ch. 3:8, and is found also in <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a>; <a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Psalm 104:26</a>; and <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a>, seems to be derived from <span class="hebrew">לוי</span>, "twisting," and <span class="hebrew">תן</span>, "a monster," whence the <span class="hebrew">תּנּין</span> or <span class="hebrew">תּנּים</span> of the Pentateuch and also of Job (<a href="/job/7-12.htm">Job 7:12</a>), Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a>), and Ezekiel (<a href="/ezekiel/29-3.htm">Ezekiel 29:3</a>). It is thus a descriptive epithet rather than a name, and has not unnaturally been used to designate more than one kind of animal. The best modern critics regard it as applied sometimes to a python or large serpent, sometimes to a cetacean, a whale or grampus, and sometimes, as hero, to the crocodile. This last application is now almost universally accepted. The crocodile was fished for by the Egyptians with a hook, and in the time of Herodotus was frequently caught and killed (Herod., 2:70); but probably in Job's day no one had been so venturous as to attack him. <span class="cmt_word">Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?</span> rather, or press <span class="accented">down his tongue with a cord?</span> (see the Revised Version); <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "tie a rope round his lower jaw, and so press down his tongue." Many savage animals are represented in the Assyrian sculptures as led along by a rope attached to their mouths. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/41-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Can you pull in</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(tim·šōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw, drag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Leviathan</span><br /><span class="heb">לִוְיָתָ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(liw·yā·ṯān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3882.htm">Strong's 3882: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wreathed animal, a serpent, dragon, Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a hook</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַכָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥak·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hook, fishhook</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or tie down his tongue</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šō·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">The tongue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a rope?</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḥe·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/41-1.htm">OT Poetry: Job 41:1 Can you draw out Leviathan (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/40-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 40:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 40:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/41-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 41:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 41:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>