Job 41:1

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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

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In other translations

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Hebrew words

תִּמְשֹׁךְtimshokhwill you draw out?H4900לִוְיָתָןlivyatanLeviathanH3882בְּחַכָּהbechakahwith a fish hookH2443וּבְחֶבֶלuvecheveland with a cordH2256תַּשְׁקִיעַtashkia'will you hold down?H8257לְשֹׁנוֹ׃leshonotongue itsH3956

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Related verses

Psalm 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Psalm 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

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