Job 41:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?

New Living Translation
Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with?

English Standard Version
Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls?

Berean Study Bible
Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

New American Standard Bible
“Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls?

NASB 1995
"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

NASB 1977
“Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens?

Amplified Bible
“Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

Christian Standard Bible
Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?

Contemporary English Version
Can it be tied by the leg like a pet bird for little girls?

Good News Translation
Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Can you play with it like a bird or keep it on a leash for your girls?

International Standard Version
"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?

NET Bible
Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

New King James Version
Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?

King James 2000 Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you leash him for your maidens?

New Heart English Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

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

American King James Version
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?

American Standard Version
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

A Faithful Version
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens?

Darby Bible Translation
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(40:24) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(40:29) Wylt thou take thy pastime with him as with a birde, wilt thou binde him for thy maydens?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Wilt thou take thy pastyne wt him as with a byrde, or geue him vnto thy maydens,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

Smith's Literal Translation
Wilt thou play with him as a bird? and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do you play with him like a bird and keep him for the days of your youth?

Lamsa Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you keep him as a pet for your children?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?
















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