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Will he make a covenant with you, That you should take him for a servant forever?
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A Covenant of Servitude
Commentators explain that the verse uses the language of a legal agreement or "covenant" for servitude. God is rhetorically asking Job if he can subdue Leviathan and force it into a binding contract as a lifelong servant. The clear implication is that this creature is utterly untamable and cannot be domesticated by human power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Will he make a covenant with thee?—That is, will he submit himself to you and enter into a compact to serve you? Such a compact was…
19th Century
Anglican
A servant for ever. —The crocodile being probably quite untamable.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Will he make a covenant with thee ? &c.] To live in friendship or servitude, as follows;
will you…
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The description of the Leviathan is further to convince Job of his own weakness and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan is a whale or a…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord described the power of Leviathan, showing that humanity cannot conquer him but only God can, He now speaks of Leviathan's power to a…
