Job 41:7

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

Key Reflection

In the context of Job 41, this verse presents a vivid image of the immense and untouchable power of Leviathan (likely a sea monster), portraying it as an entity so formidable that even traders and merchants could not barter for or divide it among themselves. This depiction underscores the awe-inspiring nature of God's creation and the limitations of human understanding and control, challenging Job to recognize his own smallness in comparison to divine power.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? -Referring to its thickness and impenetrability. A common method of taking fish is by the spear; but it is here said that the leviathan could not be caught in this manner. The common method of taking the crocodile now is by shooting him; see the notes atJob 41:1. Nothing is more remarkable in the crocodile than the thick and impenetrable skin with which it is covered; and the description here will agree better with this animal than with any other. Or his head with fish spears -The word here rendered “fish-spears” (צלצלtselâtsal) means properly a “tinkling, clanging,” as of metal or arms, and then any tinkling instrument.

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