Job 41:4

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

Will he make {H3772} a covenant {H1285} with thee? wilt thou take {H3947} him for a servant {H5650} for ever {H5769}?

Will he agree with you to be your slave forever?

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 21:6 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 15:17 (3 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Kings 20:31 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 Kings 20:34 (2 votes)

    And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

  • Psalms 8:5 (2 votes)

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

  • Psalms 8:6 (2 votes)

    Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:

  • Genesis 1:28 (2 votes)

    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.