Job 41 · Verse 6

Job 41:6

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job 41:6, King James Version

Job 41:6 in other translations

BSBWill traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
WEBWill traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
ASVWill the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
YLT(Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)
DARBYShall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
BBEWill the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?
WebsterShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.

What does Job 41:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Rather, "partners" (namely, in fishing). make a banquet--The parallelism rather supports Umbreit, "Do partners (in trade) desire to purchase him?" So the Hebrew (De 2:6). merchants--literally, "Canaanites," who were great merchants (Ho 12:7, Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Shall thy companions make a banquet - Canst thou and thy friends feast on him as ye were wont to do on a camel sacrificed for this purpose? Or, canst thou dispose of his flesh to the merchants - to buyers, as thou wouldst do that of a camel or an ox? It is certain, according to Herodotus, lib. ii. c. 70, that they killed and ate crocodiles at Apollonople and Elephantis, in Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִכְר֣וּyikh.Ruwill they bargain?H3739
עָ֭לָיו'A.lavon itH5921
חַבָּרִ֑יםcha.ba.RimpartnersH2271
יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּye.che.Tzu.huwill they divide? itH2673
בֵּ֣יןbeinbetweenH996
כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים\׃Ke.na.'a.NimmerchantsH3669

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:6

  • Judges 14:11

    And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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Jud 14:11

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Context

  • Job 41:5

    Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

  • Job 41:6

    Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

  • Job 41:7

    Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

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Job 41:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Harán de él banquete los compañeros? ¿partiránlo entre los mercaderes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui ouvrira les portes de son museau? Autour de ses dents est la terreur!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein Stolz sind seine starken Schilder, jedes einzelne verschlossen mit festem Siegel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.