Job 41:17

17 Quand on l'approche, l'épée ne sert à rien, ni la lance, ni le dard, ni la cuirasse.

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 Son cœur est massif comme une pierre, massif comme la meule de dessous.

16 Quand il se lève, les plus forts tremblent, ils défaillent d'effroi.

17 Quand on l'approche, l'épée ne sert à rien, ni la lance, ni le dard, ni la cuirasse.

18 Il regarde le fer comme de la paille, et l'airain comme du bois pourri.

19 La flèche ne le fait pas fuir, les pierres de la fronde sont pour lui comme du chaume;