Job 41:3

3 (40-22) Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to 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 (40-20) Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

2 (40-21) Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

3 (40-22) Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

4 (40-23) Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever,

5 (40-24) Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?