Job 41:14

Job 41:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
• New International Version (NIV)Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

Context of Job 41:14

12I must tell you how strong Leviathan's legs are. Their bodies are very strong and they have a wonderful shape. 13Nobody is able to remove their thick skin. It is like armour that nobody can cut through. Nobody is strong enough to open its mouth. Its teeth make everyone afraid. 15Its back is like rows of shields. They are as hard as stone with no spaces between them. 16Each shield is very near the next one. Not even air can pass between them.

Job 41:14 word by word

דַּלְתֵ֣י פָ֭נָיו מִ֣י פִתֵּ֑חַ סְבִיב֖וֹת שִׁנָּ֣יו אֵימָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who can openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• the doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• of his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• his teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• terribleאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Job 41:14

• Job 38:10I put a border around the sea. I locked it in its place.
• Ecclesiastes 12:4Your ears will not hear noises outside in the streets. You will not hear the sound of people as they work. You will not hear the sound of people as they sing songs. But a bird's song will wake you when you want to sleep.
• Psalms 57:4My enemies are all round me, like hungry lions! I must lie down among wild animals, that want to eat me! They are men who use spears and arrows to bite like teeth. They use their tongues to hurt people, like sharp swords.
• Psalms 58:6God, break the teeth of my enemies! Yes, Lord, break into pieces the teeth of those lions!
• Proverbs 30:14There are some people who are very cruel. Their teeth are like swords and sharp knives. They want to eat up all the poor and helpless people, so that they disappear from the earth.
• Daniel 7:7Then, while I looked, I saw a fourth animal in my vision. It was a terrible animal that was very strong. It had large iron teeth. It ate things and it broke them into pieces. It used its feet to stamp on everything else. It was different from the other animals. It had ten horns.

Commentaries on Job 41:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The doors of his face? - His jaws which are most tremendous.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Who can open the doors of his face? - His mouth. The same term is sti 1 used to denote the mouth - from its resemblance to a door. The idea is, that no one would dare to force open his mouth. This agrees better with the crocodile than almost any other animal. It would not apply to the whale. The crocodile is armed with a more formidable set of teeth than almost any other animal; see the description in the notes at Job 41:1. Bochart says that it has sixty…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. doors of ... face--his mouth. His teeth are sixty in number, larger in proportion than his body, some standing out, some serrated, fitting into each other like a comb [Bochart].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:14

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In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• 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