Job 41:4

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Will he cut a covenant with you, to take him as a slave forever?

Latin

Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 21:6
…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
…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.
Psalm 8:5–6
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
Genesis 1:28
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.”
1 Kings 20:31–34
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. Perhaps he will spare your life.”