Job 41:3

3 Will he entreat you at length? Will he speak with 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 "And Livyatan! Can you catch him with a fishhook or hold his tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a ring in his nose or pierce his jaw with a barb?

3 Will he entreat you at length? Will he speak with you softly?

4 Will he agree with you to be your slave forever?

5 Will you play with him as you would with a bird or keep him on a string to amuse your little girls?