Job 41:17

17 They are joined to one another, so closely connected[a] they cannot be separated.

Job 41:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:17

They are joined one to another
One scale to another, or "a man in his brother" F8: which may seem to favour the notion of the whale's teeth in the sockets, which exactly answer to one another; but the next clause will by no means agree with them;

they stick together, that they cannot be sundered:
whereas they easily be, at least by the creature itself; but the scales of a crocodile are so closely joined and sealed together, that there is no parting them.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (whyxab vya) "vir in fratre suo"; Montanus.

Job 41:17 In-Context

15 [His] pride is in [his] rows of scales, closely sealed together.
16 One scale is so close to another that no air can pass between them.
17 They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated.
18 His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out!

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit another; they cling together and
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