3 Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
3 Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?
3 Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
3 Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:3
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Concerning Leviathan.
The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.