Giobbe 41:6

6 I compagni ne faranno essi un convito? Lo spartiranno essi fra i mercatanti?

Giobbe 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.)

Giobbe 41:6 In-Context

4 Patteggerà egli teco, Che tu lo prenda per servo in perpetuo?

5 Scherzerai tu con lui, come con un uccello? E lo legherai tu con un filo, per darlo alle tue fanciulle?

6 I compagni ne faranno essi un convito? Lo spartiranno essi fra i mercatanti?

7 Gli empirai tu la pelle di roncigli, E la testa di raffi da pescare?

8 Pongli pur la mano addosso, Tu non ricorderai mai più la guerra.