King James Version
Job 41:4 in the King James Version says “Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?”
Job 41:4 · KJV
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Will he make”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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