4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
4 Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life?
4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever?
4 Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?
4 Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?
4 Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:4
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Concerning Leviathan.
The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.