Job 41:6

Job 41:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
• New International Version (NIV)Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?

Context of Job 41:6

4Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you? Will you take him for your servant forever? 5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens? Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? 7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? 8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

Job 41:6 word by word

יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָיו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Shall the companionsחַבָּרchabbâr · associateH2271
• make a banquetכָּרָהkârâh · to tradeH3739
• of him? shall they partחָצָהchâtsâh · to divideH2673
• him among the merchantsכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · merchantH3669

Cross-references for Job 41:6

• Judges 14:11When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions (wedding attendants) to be with him.

Commentaries on Job 41:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Shall 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Shall thy companions make a banquet of him? - This is one of the “vexed passages” about which there has been much difference of opinion. Gesenius renders it, “Do the companions (“i. e.” the fishermen in company) lay snares for him?” So Noyes renders it. Dr. Harris translates it, “Shall thy partners spread a banquet for him?” The Septuagint renders it, “Do the nations feed upon him?” The Vulgate, “Will friends cut him up?” that is, for a banquet…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:6

• God
• Merchant

In the dictionaries

• Canaanites
• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Banquet
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Fellow
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary