Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job 41:4 in other translations
| BSB | Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life? |
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| WEB | Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever? |
| ASV | Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? |
| YLT | Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? |
| DARBY | Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever? |
| BBE | Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever? |
| Webster | Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? |
What does Job 41:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Job 41:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 41:4
- Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- Deuteronomy 15:17
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
- 1 Kings 20:31-34
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. And Ben–hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
- Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Psalms 8:5-6
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
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Context
- 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?
- Job 41:5
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job 41:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hará concierto contigo para que lo tomes por siervo perpetuo? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je ne me tairai pas sur ses membres, sur ce qui concerne ses forces et sur la beauté de sa structure. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer deckte die Oberfläche seines Gewandes auf? In sein Doppelgebiß, wer dringt da hinein? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit? |