The Meaning of Job 41:3 Explained

Job 41:3

KJV: Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

YLT: Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?

Darby: Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

ASV: Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Will he make many  supplications  unto thee? will he speak  soft  [words] unto thee? 

What does Job 41:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 41:1-34 - The Parable Of The Crocodile
The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty suggests his greatness. He is not an animal with whom you can play, or to whom you can speak soft words, or whose skin can be reached withsharpened weapons. His scales, Job 41:12-17; his eyes, mouth, and nostrils, Job 41:18-24; his fearlessness of human attack, Job 41:25-29; his power to lash the sea into a fury, making it to boil, Job 41:30-34 -each of these features is described in graphic terms.
As before, it is clear that the object is to throw into strong contrast the puniness and littleness of man. We may not be so much given to speculations about the organic world in which we live. But we are able to appreciate the argument. Surely He who tells the number of the stars, and weighs the mountains in scales, will have His pathway through the deep, and His footsteps in mighty waters. Being all that He is, He cannot but baffle the eye of man, but the heart can fully trust Him. We know that He does all things well. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 41

1  Of God's great power in the leviathan

What do the individual words in Job 41:3 mean?

Will he make many to you supplications Or will he speak to you softly
הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה אֵ֭לֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים אִם־ יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ רַכּֽוֹת

הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה  Will  he  make  many 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
אֵ֭לֶיךָ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים  supplications 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: תַּחֲנוּן  
Sense: supplication, supplication for favour.
יְדַבֵּ֖ר  will  he  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אֵלֶ֣יךָ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
רַכּֽוֹת  softly 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: רַךְ  
Sense: tender, soft, delicate, weak.

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