JOB 41:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Will your team set a price on the whole creature?
⇔ ≈Will they divide it up among the merchants?

UHB 30 יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָי⁠ו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּ⁠הוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃ ‡
(30 yikrū ˊālāy⁠v ḩabārim yeḩₑʦū⁠hū bēyn kənaˊₐnim.)

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BrLXX Πύλας προσώπου αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνοίξει; κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αὐτοῦ φόβος.
(Pulas prosōpou autou tis anoixei; kuklōi odontōn autou fobos. )

UST People who work together to catch fish would never catch one and then decide what share belonged to each of them.
⇔ They would never get the chance to cut a crocodile into pieces and then sell its meat!

OEB Shall the (fisher) guilds traffic in him?
⇔ Shall the merchants divide him in pieces?

WEBBE Will traders barter for him?
⇔ Will they part him amongst the merchants?

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-11)“Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod
  and stuff him in your creel?
Can you lasso him with a rope,
  or snag him with an anchor?
Will he beg you over and over for mercy,
  or flatter you with flowery speech?
Will he apply for a job with you
  to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?
Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish?
  Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?
Will you put him on display in the market
  and have shoppers haggle over the price?
Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion,
  or drive harpoons into his huge head?
If you so much as lay a hand on him,
  you won’t live to tell the story.
What hope would you have with such a creature?
  Why, one look at him would do you in!
If you can’t hold your own against his glowering visage,
  how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?
Who could confront me and get by with it?
  I’m in charge of all this—I run this universe!

NET Will partners bargain for it?
⇔ Will they divide it up among the merchants?

LSV (Companions feast on him,
They divide him among the merchants!)

FBV Will your trading partners decide on a price for him, and divide him up among the merchants?

T4T Will merchants try to buy them in the market?
⇔ Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?

LEB • Will they divide it between tradesmen?

BBE Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?

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JPS (40-30) Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

ASV Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him?
⇔ Will they part him among the merchants?

DRA His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.

YLT (Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)

Drby Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?

RV Shall the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

Wbstr Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.

KJB-1769 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

KJB-1611 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps That thy companions may make a refection of him: or shall he be parted among the marchauntes?
(That thy/your companions may make a refection of him: or shall he be parted among the marchauntes?)

Gnva The maiestie of his scales is like strog shields, and are sure sealed.
(The majesty of his scales is like strog shields, and are sure sealed. )

Cvdl that thy companyons maye hew him in peces, to be parted amonge the marchaunt men?
(that thy/your companions may hew him in pieces, to be parted among the marchaunt men?)

Wycl His bodi is as yotun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with scalis ouerleiynge hem silf.
(His body is as yotun scheldys of brass, and joined together with scalis overleiynge them self.)

Luth Wer kann die Kinnbacken seines Antlitzes auftun? Schrecklich stehen seine Zähne umher.
(Who kann the Kinnbacken his Antlitzes auftun? Schrecklich stehen his teeth umher.)

ClVg Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
(Corpus illius as_if scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָי⁠ו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּ⁠הוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: doors face,his who? open around teeth,his terror )

Yahweh is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “Partners will not bargain over it! They will not divide it among merchants!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָי⁠ו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּ⁠הוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: doors face,his who? open around teeth,his terror )

The word partners refers to fishermen working together. If they made a large catch, they would bargain over how much of it belonged to each of them. The word merchants refers to people who would buy the catch in order to resell it to their customers. The fishermen would be able to divide Leviathan among several merchants because it would be such a large catch. You could indicate these things in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. The UST models one way to do that.

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