Job 41:3

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

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 Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

2 Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?