Job 41 · Verse 3

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Job 41:3, King James Version

Job 41:3 in other translations

BSBWill he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
WEBWill he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
ASVWill he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
YLTDoth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?
DARBYWill he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
BBEWill he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
WebsterWill he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee?

What does Job 41:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. soft words--that thou mayest spare his life. No: he is untamable.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Will he make many supplications - There are several allusions in these verses to matters of which we know nothing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲיַרְבֶּ֣הha.yar.Beh¿ will it multiplyH7235
אֵ֭לֶיךָ'E.lei.khato youH413
תַּחֲנוּנִ֑יםta.cha.nu.NimsupplicationsH8469
אִם\־'im-or?H518
יְדַבֵּ֖רye.da.Berwill it speakH1696
אֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
רַכּֽוֹת\׃ra.Kotsoft [words]H7390

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:3

  • Proverbs 18:23

    The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Isaiah 30:10

    Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

  • Proverbs 25:15

    By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  • Proverbs 15:1

    A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

  • Psalms 55:21

    The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 55:21; Pr 15:1; 18:23; 25:15; Isa 30:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 41:2

    Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

  • Job 41:3

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

  • Job 41:4

    Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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Job 41:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Multiplicará él ruegos para contigo? ¿hablaráte él lisonjas?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui m’a prévenu, et je lui rendrai? Tout ce qui est sous les cieux est à moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nicht schweigen will ich von seinen Gliedern und von seiner Kraftfülle und von der Schönheit seines Baues.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.