King James Version

Job 41:6

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:30.

יִכְר֣וּyikhrvdigכָּרָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “dig”, an unfinished actionH3738properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or opendig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.עָ֭לָיוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חַבָּרִ֑יםchabarimcompanionחַבָּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “companion”, the ordinary formH2271a partnercompanion.יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּyechetsuhvdivideחָצָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “divide”, an unfinished actionH2673to cut or split in two; to halvedivide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participleבֵּ֣יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.כְּֽנַעֲנִֽיםkenaanimCanaaniteכְּנַעַנִיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “Canaanite”, the ordinary formH3669a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phœnicians share him?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν Φοινίκων ἔθνη;