Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
WEB
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
YLT
Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue?
DBT
Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.