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Job 41:3
Will he beg you to let him go free? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Will he beg you for mercyor speak softly to you?
Will he beg you for mercyor speak softly to you?
Hebrew Names Version
Will he make many petitions to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
Will he make many petitions to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
King James Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
English Standard Version
Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
New Century Version
Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?
Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?
New English Translation
Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?
Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?
Amplified Bible
"Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
"Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
New American Standard Bible
"Will he make many pleas to you, Or will he speak to you gentle words?
"Will he make many pleas to you, Or will he speak to you gentle words?
World English Bible
Will he make many petitions to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
Will he make many petitions to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
Legacy Standard Bible
Will it make many supplications to you,Or will he speak to you soft words?
Will it make many supplications to you,Or will he speak to you soft words?
Berean Standard Bible
Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
Contemporary English Version
Will it beg for mercy?
Will it beg for mercy?
Complete Jewish Bible
Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven.
Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven.
Darby Translation
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
George Lamsa Translation
Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak flattering words to you?
Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak flattering words to you?
Good News Translation
Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?
Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?
Lexham English Bible
Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you?
Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you?
Literal Translation
Will he multiply pleas for help to you; or will he speak soft words to you?
Will he multiply pleas for help to you; or will he speak soft words to you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the (thynkest thou) or flatre the:
Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the (thynkest thou) or flatre the:
American Standard Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Bible in Basic English
Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
King James Version (1611)
Will he make many supplications vnto thee? will he speake soft words vnto thee?
Will he make many supplications vnto thee? will he speake soft words vnto thee?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wyl he make many faire wordes with thee [thinkest thou] or flatter thee?
Wyl he make many faire wordes with thee [thinkest thou] or flatter thee?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power one shall pity his antagonist.
I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power one shall pity his antagonist.
English Revised Version
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee?
Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee?
Update Bible Version
Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
Webster's Bible Translation
Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft [words] to thee?
Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft [words] to thee?
New King James Version
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
New Living Translation
Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?
Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?
New Life Bible
Will he beg you to be good to him? Will he speak soft words to you?
Will he beg you to be good to him? Will he speak soft words to you?
New Revised Standard
Will it make many supplications to you? Will it speak soft words to you?
Will it make many supplications to you? Will it speak soft words to you?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-22) Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
(40-22) Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
Revised Standard Version
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
Young's Literal Translation
Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?
Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?
"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?
Contextual Overview
1 "Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook? Can you tie his tongue with a rope? 2 Can you put a rope through his nose or a hook through his jaw? 3 Will he beg you to let him go free? Will he speak to you with gentle words? 4 Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever? 5 Will you play with Leviathan as you would play with a bird? Will you put a rope on him so that your girls can play with him? 6 Will fishermen try to buy him from you? Will they cut him into pieces and sell him to the merchants? 7 Can you throw spears into his skin or head? 8 "If you ever lay a hand on Leviathan, you will never do it again! Just think about the battle that would be! 9 Do you think you can defeat him? Well, forget it! There is no hope. Just looking at him will scare you! 10 No one is brave enough to wake him up and make him angry. "Well, no one can challenge me either!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 55:21, Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 18:23, Proverbs 25:15, Isaiah 30:10
Cross-References
Genesis 41:4
The seven sick cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
The seven sick cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
Genesis 41:20
The thin, sick cows ate the first healthy cows,
The thin, sick cows ate the first healthy cows,
Genesis 41:21
but they still looked thin and sick. You couldn't even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.
but they still looked thin and sick. You couldn't even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Will he make many supplications unto thee?.... To cease pursuing him, or to let him go when taken, or to use him well and not take away his life; no, he is too spirited and stouthearted to ask any favour, it is below him;
will he speak soft [words] unto thee? smooth and flattering ones, for the above purposes? he will not: this is a figurative way of speaking.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Will 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 plaintive supplication.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 41:3. Will he make many supplications — There are several allusions in these verses to matters of which we know nothing.
