Job 41:23

23 and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as range.

Job 41:23 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together
The muscles of his hefty are not flaccid and flabby, but solid and firmly compacted;

they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved;
that is, not very easily, not without a large sharp cutting knife, and that used with much strength.

Job 41:23 In-Context

21 His lair is sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense clay.

22 He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,

23 and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as range.

24 There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.

25 He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.