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Job 41:3

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Will he make many supplications - There are several allusions in these verses to matters of which we know nothing.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 41:1-10

Whether this leviathan be a whale or a crocodile is a great dispute among the learned, which I will not undertake to determine; some of the particulars agree more easily to the one, others to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ironical question whether Leviathan will beg to be spared or treated kindly.

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