Job 41:1
Strong's Lexicon
Can you pull in
תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ (tim·šōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4900: 1) to draw, drag, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down 1a2) to draw (the bow) 1a3) to proceed, march 1a4) to draw out or give (a sound) 1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue 1a6) to trail (seed in sowing) 1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify 1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred 1c2) to be tall

Leviathan
לִוְיָתָ֣ן (liw·yā·ṯān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3882: 1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon 1a) large aquatic animal 1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown ++++ Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41:1-34 this is patently absurd. It appears to ba a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.

with a hook
בְּחַכָּ֑ה (bə·ḥak·kāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2443: 1) hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook

or tie down his tongue
לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ (lə·šō·nōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ (taš·qî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8257: 1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

with a rope ?
וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל (ū·ḇə·ḥe·ḇel)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2256: 1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company 1a) a rope, cord 1b) a measuring-cord or line 1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region 1d) a band or company 2) pain, sorrow, travail, pang 2a) pains of travail 2b) pains, pangs, sorrows 3) union 4) destruction

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down—his tongue?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can you pull in Leviathan with  a hookor tie his tongue down with  a rope?

New American Standard Bible
"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

King James Bible
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

New Living Translation
"Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?

English Standard Version
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

New American Standard Bible
"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

King James Bible
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

International Standard Version
"Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?

NET Bible
"Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

American Standard Version
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

English Revised Version
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?
















Cross References
Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Job 40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Psalm 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Psalm 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Isaiah 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 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Job 41:2
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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