Job 41:4 “Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?”

Job 41:4

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

American Standard Version

Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who can discouer the face of his garmet? or who shall come to him with a double bridle?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?

Bible in Basic English

Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?

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Cross references

“Will he”

1 Kings 20:31–34

1 Kings 20:31–34 · BSB

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Pe…

“wilt thou”

Genesis 1:28 Psalm 8:5 Psalm 8:6

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Psalm 8:5 · BSB

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 8:6 · BSB

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

“a servant”

Exodus 21:6 Deuteronomy 15:17

Exodus 21:6 · BSB

then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

Deuteronomy 15:17 · BSB

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

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