Job 41:3
(40:27) Will he address many supplications unto thee? or will he speak submissively unto thee?
Leeser Tanakh
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 reed through his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
4(40:28) Will he make a covenant with thee? that thou couldst take him as a servant for ever?
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will truly obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be unto me a peculiar treasure above all nations; for all the earth is mine:
Psalms 55:21(55:22) The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war [in] his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Proverbs 18:23The poor speaketh entreatingly; but the rich answereth roughly.
Isaiah 30:10Who have said to the seers, Ye shall not see; and to the prophets, Reveal not unto us true things, speak unto us smooth things, reveal 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 →