Job 41:3

3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

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 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

5 Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?