Job 41:23

23 The folds of his flesh stick together; on him they are tough and unyielding.

Job 41:23 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together
The muscles of his hefty are not flaccid and flabby, but solid and firmly compacted;

they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved;
that is, not very easily, not without a large sharp cutting knife, and that used with much strength.

Job 41:23 In-Context

21 His breath lights coals; a flame shoots from his mouth.

22 Power resides in his neck; violence dances before him.

23 The folds of his flesh stick together; on him they are tough and unyielding.

24 His heart is solid like a rock, hard like a lower millstone.

25 The divine beings dread his rising; they withdraw before his thrashing.