Job 41:4 {40:23}
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Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

Will he

1 Kings 20:31-34 And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful; so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save our lives. . . .

wilt thou

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

Psalm 8:5,6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: . . .

a servant

Exodus 21:6 His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Deuteronomy 15:17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.

Context
God's Power Shown in Leviathan
3Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? 4Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?5Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?…
Cross References
1 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas, the Ammonite, came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

Job 41:5
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

Lexicon
Will he make
הֲיִכְרֹ֣ת (hă·yiḵ·rōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a covenant
בְּרִ֣ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

with you
עִמָּ֑ךְ (‘im·māḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

to take him
תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּ (tiq·qā·ḥen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

as a slave
לְעֶ֣בֶד (lə·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

for life?
עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


Additional Translations
Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?

Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?
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