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?
KJV
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?
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.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7Thou 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 16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter
Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matthew 12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Luke 19:22And 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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