Job 41:17

17 They are joined {one to another}; they cling together and 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] scales of shields; it is shut up closely [as with] a seal.

16 They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

17 They are joined {one to another}; they cling together and cannot be separated.

18 "Its snorting flashes forth light, and its eyes [are] {red like dawn}.

19 Torches go from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "a man to his brother"