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Job 41:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Will he make many supplications unto thee?.... To cease pursuing him, or to let him go when taken, or to use him well and not take away his life; no, he is too spirited and stouthearted to ask any favour, it is below him;will he speak soft [words] unto thee?

smooth and flattering ones, for the above purposes?

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