Job 41:5 {40:24}
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Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

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Judges 16:25-30 And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. And being brought out of prison, he played before them; and they made him stand between two pillars. . . .

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Job 28:11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

Context
God's Power Shown in Leviathan
4Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever? 5Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?6Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?…
Cross References
Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

Job 41:6
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

Lexicon
Can you pet him
הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־ (haṯ·śa·ḥeq-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7832: To laugh, to play

like a bird
כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר (kaṣ·ṣip·pō·wr)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird

or put him on a leash
וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּ (wə·ṯiq·šə·ren·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

for your maidens?
לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·na·‘ă·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5291: A girl, maiden


Additional Translations
Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?

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

And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

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

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

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

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

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
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