Job 41:3

3 Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak gently to you?

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 "Job, can you pull the leviathan out of the sea with a fish hook? Can you tie down its tongue with a rope?

2 Can you put a rope through its nose? Can you stick a hook through its jaw?

3 Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak gently to you?

4 Will it make an agreement with you? Can you make it your slave for life?

5 Can you make a pet out of it like a bird? Can you put it on a leash for your young women?