Job 41:13

Job 41:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
• New International Version (NIV)Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

Context of Job 41:13

11Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine. 12“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs and its enormous strength and graceful form. Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate its double layer of armor? 14Who could pry open its jaws? For its teeth are terrible! 15The scales on its back are like rows of shields tightly sealed together.

Job 41:13 word by word

מִֽי־גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ מִ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who can discoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• of his garmentלְבוּשׁlebûsh lebûsh · clothingH3830
• who can comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• with his doubleכֶּ֫פֶלkephel · doubleH3718
• bridleרֶ֫סֶןresen · bridleH7448

Cross-references for Job 41:13

• 2 Kings 19:28And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
• Psalms 32:9Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
• James 3:3We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.

Commentaries on Job 41:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Who can discover the face of his garment? - Who can rip up the hide of this terrible monster? Who can take away his covering, in order to pierce his vitals?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Who can discern the face of his garment? - literally, “Who can reveal the face, that is, the appearance, of his garment?” This “garment” is undoubtedly his skin. The meaning seems to be, “His hard and rough skin is his defense, and no one can so strip off that as to have access to him.” The word rendered “discover” (גלה gâlâh ) means “to make naked”; then “to reveal”; and the idea is, that he cannot be made naked of that covering, or deprived of it so…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. discover--rather, "uncover the surface" of his garment (skin, Job 10:11): strip off the hard outer coat with which the inner skin is covered. with--rather, "within his double jaws"; literally, "bridle"; hence that into which the bridle is put, the double row of teeth; but "bridle" is used to imply that none dare put his hand in to insert a bridle where in other animals it is placed (Job 41:4; 39:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:13

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Bit and Bridle
• Double
• 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