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The Book of Job, Chapter 41, Verse 5

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Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
King James Version
Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt 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?
New English Translation
Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?
World English Bible
Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
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None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
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Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
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I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
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Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.
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[His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.