Job 41:3

3 Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

Job 41:3 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee?
&c.] To cease pursuing him, or to let him go when taken, or to use him well and not take away his life; no, he is too spirited and stouthearted to ask any favour, it is below him;

will he speak soft [words] unto thee?
smooth and flattering ones, for the above purposes? he will not: this is a figurative way of speaking.

Job 41:3 In-Context

1 Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

2 Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

3 Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

4 Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?

5 Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?