Job 41:16

16 El uno se junta tan cerca del otro, que viento no entra entre ellos

Job 41:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:16

One is so near to another, that no air can come between
them.
] This shows that it cannot be understood of the skin of the whale, and the hardness and strength of that, which is alike and of a piece; whereas those scales, or be they what they may, though closely joined, yet are distinct: those who interpret this of whales that have teeth, and these of the teeth, observe, that as they have teeth to the number of forty or fifty in the lower jaw, in the upper one fire holes or sockets into which they go; and they are so very close that no wind or air can come between them ^F7.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Scheuchzer. ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 848.)

Job 41:16 In-Context

14 ¿Quién abrirá las puertas de su rostro? Los órdenes de sus dientes espantan

15 Sus escamas {Heb. escudos} son su orgullo, cerrados entre sí como con sello

16 El uno se junta tan cerca del otro, que viento no entra entre ellos

17 Pegado está el uno con el otro, están trabados entre sí, que no se pueden apartar

18 Con sus estornudos encienden lumbre, y sus ojos son como los párpados del alba