Job 41:4
(40:28) Will he make a covenant with thee? that thou couldst take him as a servant for ever?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
In Context
3(40:27) Will he address many supplications unto thee? or will he speak submissively unto thee?
5(40:29) Canst thou play with him as with a bird? and tie him up for thy maidens?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 15:17Then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be unto thee a servant for ever; and also unto thy maid-servant shalt thou do likewise.
Psalms 8:5(8:6) Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.
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 →