Job 41:17

17 They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart.

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 His back is made of rows of shields, fastened together and hard as stone.

16 Each one is joined so tight to the next, not even a breath can come between.

17 They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart.

18 Light flashes when he sneezes, and his eyes glow like the rising sun.

19 Flames blaze from his mouth, and streams of sparks fly out.