Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?

International Standard Version

Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever?

A Conservative Version

Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou 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?

Amplified


“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Will he cut out a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant forever?

King James 2000

Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant forever?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Will it make a covenant with you? Will you take it as a slave forever?

Modern King James verseion

Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant for ever?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Will he make a covenant with thee? Or art thou able to compel him to do thee continual service?

NET Bible

Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?

Webster

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Will he make
כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

with thee wilt thou take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

3 Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things? 4 Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? 5 Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?



Cross References

Exodus 21:6

then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age.

Deuteronomy 15:17

then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put it through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.

Genesis 1:28

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

1 Kings 20:31-34

And his servants say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

Psalm 8:5-6

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

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