King James Version

Job 41:7

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:31.

הַֽתְמַלֵּ֣אhatmalethe be at an endמָלֵאparticle, interrogative, verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “the be at an end”, an unfinished actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…בְשֻׂכּ֣וֹתvesukotin barbed ironשֻׂכָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in barbed iron”, the ordinary formH7905a dart (as pointed like a thorn)barbed iron.עוֹר֑וֹorvohideעוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hide”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5785skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leatherhide, leather, skin.וּבְצִלְצַ֖לuvetsiltsaland in cymbalצְלָצַלconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in cymbal”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6767a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.דָּגִ֣יםdagimfishדָּגnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fish”, the ordinary formH1709a fish (often used collectively)fish.רֹאשֽׁוֹroshvoheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?

World English Bible

Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither shall they carry his head in fishing-vessels.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσι βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.