Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
In Context
2Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
4Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant forever?
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Psalms 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Proverbs 18:23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
Isaiah 30:10that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11
Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part… Read the whole commentary →