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Job 41:5

41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

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

Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?

41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

What does Job 41:5 mean?

Job 41:5 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂחַק (sâchaq), צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr), קָשַׁר (qâshar). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

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Wilt
thou
playשָׂחַקsâchaq/saw-khak'/H7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
with
him
as
with
a
bird?צִפּוֹרtsippôwr/tsip-pore'/H6833a little bird (as hopping)
or
wilt
thou
bindקָשַׁרqâshar/kaw-shar'/H7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
him
for
thy
maidens?נַעֲרָהnaʻărâh/nah-ar-aw'/H5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)

Commentary on Job 41:5

HENRY_FULL · Job 41:5
had complained of God as deaf to the cries of the oppressed, against which imputation Elihu here justifies God, ver. 9-13 . III. He had despaired of the return of God's favour to him, because it was so long deferred, but Elihu shows him the true cause of the delay, ver. 14-16 . The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer t

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 9:17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 10:7

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge

Job 16:17

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 19:6

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Job 19:7

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence

Job 27:2

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter

Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 40:8

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Matthew 12:36

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Matthew 12:37

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Luke 19:22

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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What does Job 41:5 say?

Job 41:5 (King James Version) reads: "Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?"

Is Job 41:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 41:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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