Yuēbó 41:6

6 Dā huǒ de yú fú qǐ kĕ ná tā dāng huò wù ma . néng bǎ tā fēn gĕi shāng rén ma .

Yuēbó 41:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:6

Shall thy companions make a banquet of him?
&c.] The fishermen that join together in catching fish, shall they make a feast for joy at taking the leviathan? which suggests that he is not to be taken by them, and so they have no opportunity or occasion for a feast: or will they feed on him? the flesh of crocodiles is by some eaten, and said

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 to be very savoury, but not the flesh of the whale;

shall they part him among the merchants?
this seems to favour the crocodile, which is no part of merchandise, and to be against the whale, which, at least in our age, occasions a considerable trade for the sake of the bone and oil: but perhaps, in those times and countries in which Job lived, the use of them might not be known.

F13 Leo Africanus & Aelian. ut supra. (l. 10. c. 21.)

Yuēbó 41:6 In-Context

4 Qǐ kĕn yǔ nǐ lì yuē , shǐ nǐ ná tā yǒngyuǎn zuò núpú ma .

5 Nǐ qǐ kĕ ná tā dāng què niǎo wánshuǎ ma . qǐ kĕ wèi nǐde yòu nǚ jiāng tā shuān zhù ma .

6 Dā huǒ de yú fú qǐ kĕ ná tā dāng huò wù ma . néng bǎ tā fēn gĕi shāng rén ma .

7 Nǐ néng yòng dǎo gōu qiāng zhá mǎn tā de pí , néng yòng yú chā cHāmǎn tā de tóu ma .

8 Nǐ àn shǒu zaì tā shēnshang , xiǎng yǔ tā zhēng zhàn , jiù bú zaì zhèyàng xíng ba .