Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
In Context
3Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Deuteronomy 15:17then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
Psalms 8:5For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honour.
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 →