“He said this because the demons asked the Lord not to cast them into the abyss, or because Satan said to Christ, "I will give you all these things." Will he now, he says, implore you with a soft speech? Will he make a covenant with you, and will he stop fighting his war against you?”
Olympiodorus of Alexandria, 6th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 40:22-23
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3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
— Job 41:3 —
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?