New English Translation
Job 41:17
17They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.
Job 41:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
- New International Version (NIV)They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
Context of Job 41:17
15Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal; 16each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them. They 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. 19Out of its mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot forth!
Read all of Job 41Job 41:17 word by word
אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֥יהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ וְלֹ֣א יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 41:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17They are joined one to another - literally, “A man with his brother;” that is, each one is connected with another. There is no natural fastening of one scale with another, but they lie so close and compact that they seem thus to be fastened down on one another; see Bochart on this verse. It is this which makes the crocodile so difficult to be killed. A musket-ball will penetrate the skin under the belly, which is there less firmly protected; and…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
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