Job 41:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 41:7

5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?

6 Will your companions¹ make a banquet of him?
Will they apportion him among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

8 Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle—
Never do it again!

9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

10 No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?

11 ^aWho has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
^bEverything under heaven is Mine.

12 “I will not¹ conceal his limbs,
His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

13 Who can¹ remove his outer coat?
Who can approach him with a double bridle?

Verse Comparison: Job 41:7

American Standard Version
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

Amplified® Bible
Can you fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?

Contemporary English Version
Can it be killed with harpoons or spears?

Darby English Version
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?

Good News Bible
Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon?

King James Version
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

New American Standard Bible
"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

New International Version
Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?

New King James Version
Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

Revised Standard Version
Can you fill his skin with harpoons, or his head with fishing spears?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?

New English Translation
Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?