Job 41:3

3 Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?

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 catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws?

3 Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?

4 Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever?

5 Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women?