Job 41:3

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

1“See, his hope is wrong, he is laid low, even the sight of him. 2Is he not fierce when he is roused? Who then is able to stand before Me? Who has confronted Me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to Me. 4“I will not keep silent about his limbs, or his might or the grace of his arrangement. 5Who can strip off his outer garment? Who can penetrate his double armor?

Job 41:3 word by word

הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה אֵ֭לֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים אִם־יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Will he make manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• supplicationsתַּחֲנוּןtachănûn tachănûnâh · supplicationH8469
• unto thee? will he speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• softרַךְrak · tenderH7390

Cross-references for Job 41:3

• Psalms 55:21My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.
• Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
• Proverbs 18:23The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.
• Proverbs 25:15Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
• Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. 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