Job 41:3

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

Job 41:3 in Other Translations

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?

3 Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?

3 Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

3 Will it plead with you for mercy or speak tenderly to you?

3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

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 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

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

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

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

5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 20:31