NET Bible
"Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?"
— Job 41:6, NET Bible
“Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?”
“Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants? ”
“Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?”
“His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.”
“Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?”
“Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?”
Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?
Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?
Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?
Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?
Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?
If you lay your hand on it, you will remember the fight. Do not do it again!
(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.