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Job 41:4

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:28.

הֲיִכְרֹ֣תhayikhrotcovenantכָּרַתparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “covenant”, an unfinished actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.בְּרִ֣יתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.עִמָּ֑ךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּtiqachenvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לְעֶ֣בֶדleevedto servantעֶבֶדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.עוֹלָֽםolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θήσεται δὲ μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην; λήψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον;