Job 41 · Verse 4

Job 41:4

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job 41:4, King James Version

Job 41:4 in other translations

BSBWill he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
WEBWill he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
ASVWill he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
YLTDoth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?
DARBYWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
BBEWill he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?
WebsterWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

What does Job 41:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Can he be tamed for domestic use (so Job 39:10-12)?

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Will he make a covenant - Canst thou hire him as thou wouldst a servant, who is to be so attached to thy family as to have his ear bored, that he may abide in thy house for ever? Is not this an allusion to the law, Exo 21:1-6?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:4 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.

הֲיִכְרֹ֣תha.yikh.Rot¿ will it makeH3772
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rita covenantH1285
עִמָּ֑ךְ'i.Makhwith youH5973
תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּti.ka.Che.nuwill you take? itH3947
לְעֶ֣בֶדle.'E.vedto a slave ofH5650
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

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

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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Will he.
1Ki 20:31-34
wilt thou.
Ge 1:28; Ps 8:5,6
a servant.
Ex 21:6; De 15:17

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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?

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Job 41:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Hará concierto contigo para que lo tomes por siervo perpetuo?
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?