Job 41:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

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Job 41:1-6
6 verses
85%
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
Job 41:8-10
3 verses
78%
8Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
Job 40:24
73%
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Job 41:26-31
6 verses
73%
26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
29Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
30His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job 41:13-15
3 verses
73%
13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15[ His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
Job 38:39
73%
39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job 40:17-19
3 verses
72%
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
Job 39:23
71%
23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
Job 39:20
71%
20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
Ezek 29:4
71%
4And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.
Hab 1:14-15
2 verses
71%
14and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
Job 20:24-25
2 verses
71%
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
Job 40:8-9
2 verses
71%
8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job 7:12
70%
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Job 39:10-11
2 verses
70%
10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
Hab 1:17
70%
17Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
Ps 74:14
70%
14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Job 16:13
69%
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Isa 27:1
69%
1In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Job 38:16
69%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Job 41:23
69%
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; They cannot be moved.
Job 10:11
69%
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
Job 38:34
68%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Lam 3:13
68%
13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Job 26:12
68%
12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
Jer 15:12
68%
12[Can one break] [iron,] [even iron] [from the north,] [and brass?]
Prov 7:23
68%
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Job 6:4
68%
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Ps 120:4
68%
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Job 37:18
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18Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?