Job 41:6

6 Les pêcheurs en trafiquent-ils? Le partagent-ils entre les marchands?

Job 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.)

Job 41:6 In-Context

4 Fera-t-il une alliance avec toi, Pour devenir à toujours ton esclave?

5 Joueras-tu avec lui comme avec un oiseau? L'attacheras-tu pour amuser tes jeunes filles?

6 Les pêcheurs en trafiquent-ils? Le partagent-ils entre les marchands?

7 Couvriras-tu sa peau de dards, Et sa tête de harpons?

8 Dresse ta main contre lui, Et tu ne t'aviseras plus de l'attaquer.