Job 41:3
(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
In Context
2(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
4(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
Psalms 55:21(55-22) Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.
Proverbs 18:23The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.
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 delusions;
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 →