Giobbe 41:7

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

Giobbe 41:7 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:7

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with
fish spears?
] This seems not so well to agree with the whale; whose skin, and the several parts of his body, are to be pierced with harpoons and lances, such as fishermen use in taking whales; and their flesh to be cut in pieces with their knives: but better with the crocodile, whose skin is so hard, and so closely set with scales, that it is impenetrable; (See Gill on Ezekiel 29:4). Or if the words are rendered, as by some, "wilt thou fill ships with his skin? and the fishermen's boat with his head" ^F14? it makes also against the whale; for this is done continually, ships of different nations are loaded every year with its skin, flesh, and the bones of its head.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Vid. Schultens in loc.

Giobbe 41:7 In-Context

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.

9 Ecco, la speranza di pigliarlo è fallace; Anzi l’uomo non sarà egli atterrato, solo a vederlo?