Job 41:5
“Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?”
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Commentary
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?.... In the hand or cage: leviathan plays in the sea, but there is no playing…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? - A bird that is tamed. The art of taming birds was doubtless early practiced,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Wilt thou play with him - Is he such a creature as thou canst tame; and of which thou canst make a pet, and give as a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 41:1-10
Whether this leviathan be a whale or a crocodile is a great dispute among the learned, which I will not undertake to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Wilt thou make a pet thing of him? The commentators quote Catullus, passer, deliciœ meœ puellœ.