Job 41:3

3 Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?

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 the leviathann on afish hook or tie its tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord through its nose or a hook in its jaw?

3 Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?

4 Will it make an agreement with you and let you take it as your slave for life?

5 Can you make a pet of the leviathan as you would a bird or put it on a leash for your girls?