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Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:27.

הֲיַרְבֶּ֣הhayarbehincreaseרָבָהparticle, interrogative, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “increase”, an unfinished actionH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…אֵ֭לֶיךָeleykhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).תַּחֲנוּנִ֑יםtachanunimintreatyתַּחֲנוּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “intreaty”, the ordinary formH8469earnest prayerintreaty, supplication.אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…יְדַבֵּ֖רyedaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֵלֶ֣יךָeleykhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).רַכּֽוֹתrakottender (literally or figuratively)רַךְadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “tender (literally or figuratively)”, the ordinary formH7390tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weakfaint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

Young’s Literal Translation

Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?

World English Bible

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

Darby Translation

Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

Douay-Rheims

I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει, ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς;