Job 41:3 · KJV
“Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?”
— Job 41:3
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job 41 — Context
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?}
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5Wilt thou play with him as {with} a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Cross References
Psalms 55:21
{The words} of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war {was} in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet {were} they drawn swords.
Isaiah 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Proverbs 18:23
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.