Job 41:5

Modern

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Traditional

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Literal

Will you play with him like a bird, and leash him for your maidens?

Latin

Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?

Hebrew

English

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Theme notes and profiles

Judges 16:25–30
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
Job 28:11
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.