Job 41:3
Will it beg you to let it go? Or will it talk softly to you?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
In Context
2Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw?
4Will it make a contract with you? Will it agree to be your slave forever?
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
Psalms 55:21What he says is as smooth as butter, but inside he plans war; his words are as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.
Proverbs 18:23The poor beg for mercy, but the rich reply harshly.
Isaiah 30:10They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophecies about doing right—just tell us pleasant things and give us fake prophecies.
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 →