Job 41:17

17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

Job 41:17 in Other Translations

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

17 They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.

17 Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

17 The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!

17 They are joined to one another, so closely connected 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Job 41:17 In-Context

15 Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;

16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.