Christian Standard Bible
Job 41:3
3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?
Job 41:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
- New International Version (NIV)Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
Context of Job 41:3
1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope? 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you? 4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever? 5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
Read all of Job 41Job 41:3 word by word
הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה אֵ֭לֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים אִם־יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 41:3
- Psalms 55:21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.
- Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
- Proverbs 18:23The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.
- Proverbs 25:15A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
Commentaries on Job 41:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Will he make many supplications - There are several allusions in these verses to matters of which we know nothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? - In the manner of a captive begging for his life. That is, will he quietly submit to you? Prof. Lee supposes that there is an allusion here to the well-known cries of the dolphin when taken; but it is not necessary to suppose such an allusion. The idea is, that the animal here referred to would not tamely submit to his captor. Will he speak soft words unto thee? - Pleading for his life in tones of tender and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. soft words--that thou mayest spare his life. No: he is untamable.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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