Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?

International Standard Version

"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?

A Conservative Version

Will thou play with him as with a bird? Or will thou bind him for thy maidens?

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

Bible in Basic English

Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you leash him for your maidens?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Will you play with it as [with] birds and put it on a leash for your girls?

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou take thy pastime with him as with a bird? Or give him unto thy maidens,

NET Bible

Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?

The Emphasized Bible

Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Wilt thou play
שׂחק 
Sachaq 
Usage: 36

with him as with a bird
צפּר צפּור 
Tsippowr 
Usage: 40

or wilt thou bind
קשׁר 
Qashar 
Usage: 44

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

4 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever? 5 Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls? 6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?



Cross References

Judges 16:25-30

It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may entertain us." They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;

Job 28:11

He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain