King James Version

Job 41:1

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:25.

תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְtimshokhedrawמָשַׁךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “draw”, an unfinished actionH4900to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.לִוְיָתָ֣ןlivyatanleviathanלִוְיָתָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leviathan”, the ordinary formH3882a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylonleviathan, mourning.בְּחַכָּ֑הbechakahin hookחַכָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in hook”, the ordinary formH2443a hook (as adhering)angle, hook.וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶלuvecheveland in companyחֶבֶלconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and in company”, the ordinary formH2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַtashqiamake deepשָׁקַעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “make deep”, an unfinished actionH8257to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subduemake deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.לְשֹׁנֽוֹleshonvotongueלָשׁוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “tongue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down — his tongue?

World English Bible

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

Darby Translation

Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

Douay-Rheims

I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, περιθήσεις δὲ φορβαίεαν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ;