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Job 41:4

CreationGod's power and sovereignty

2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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

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

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

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BSB
Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
KJV
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
WEB
Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
ASV
Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
DARBY
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
BLB
Will he cut a covenant with you, to take him as a slave forever?
ÅB
Vil den gjøre en pakt med deg, så du kan få den til din slave for all tid?
OTB
Vil han inngå en avtale med deg?
Vil du ta ham som en tjener for all tid?
B1930
Vil den gjøre en pakt med dig, så du kan få den til din træl for all tid?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 21:6

    Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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  • Deuteronomy 15:17

    Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

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  • 1 Kings 20:31–34

    And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

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  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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  • Psalms 8:5–6

    For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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