Job 41:16

Job 41:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
• New International Version (NIV)each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.
• English Standard Version (ESV)One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)One is so near another That no air can come between them;

Context of Job 41:16

14Nobody 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. Each shield is very near the next one. Not even air can pass between them. 17They are strongly joined together, and nothing can pull them apart. 18When Leviathan breathes out loudly, bright light shines from its nose. Its eyes shine like the red sun at dawn.

Job 41:16 word by word

אֶחָ֣ד בְּאֶחָ֣ד יִגַּ֑שׁוּ וְ֝ר֗וּחַ לֹא־יָב֥וֹא בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• is so nearנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: approachH5066
• that no airרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• can comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Commentaries on Job 41:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16One is so near to another - It has already been stated, that a musket-ball fired at him in any direction cannot make a passage through his scales.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34Job 41:1-34. 1. leviathan--literally, "the twisted animal," gathering itself in folds: a synonym to the Thannin (Job 3:8, Margin; see Psa 74:14; type of the Egyptian tyrant; Psa 104:26; Is 27:1; the Babylon tyrant). A poetical generalization for all cetacean, serpentine, and saurian monsters (see on Job 40:15, hence all the description applies to no one animal); especially the crocodile; which is naturally described after the river horse, as both are…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Air
• 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