Job 41:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Will he make many supplications to you? will he speak soft words to you?
American King James Version (AKJV)
Will he make many supplications to you? will he speak soft words to you?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
Webster's Revision
Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee?
World English Bible
Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
English Revised Version (ERV)
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
Clarke's Job 41:3 Bible Commentary
Will he make many supplications - There are several allusions in these verses to matters of which we know nothing.
Barnes's Job 41:3 Bible Commentary
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.
Wesley's Job 41:3 Bible Commentary
41:3 Supplications - Doth he dread thine anger or power? Or will he earnestly beg thy favour? It is a metaphor from men in distress, who use these means to them to whose power they are subject.
