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

14Who can open the doors of its mouth? Its teeth all around are fearsome. 15Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal; each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them. 17They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated. 18Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of 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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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