Job 41:7
“Canst thou fill his skinne with barbed irons? or his head with fishspeares?”
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Job 41:7 Context
5Wilt thou play with him as with a birde? wilt thou binde him for thy maydens? 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7Canst thou fill his skinne with barbed irons? or his head with fishspeares? 8Lay thine hand vpon him, remember the battell: doe no more. 9Behold, the hope of him is in vaine: shall not one be cast downe euen at the sight of him?
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Other Translations for Job 41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
- King James Version
"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?
- Basic English Bible
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
- Darby Bible
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
- Webster's Bible
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
- World English Bible
Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?
- Youngs Literal Bible
(40:31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 41:7
41:7 Fill - A whale's you may: but the skin of a crocodile is so hard that an iron or spear will not pierce it.