Job 41:17

17 tan prendidos están uno del otro,tan unidos entre sí, que no pueden separarse.

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 Tiene el lomo recubierto de hileras de escudos,todos ellos unidos en cerrado tejido;

16 tan juntos están uno al otroque no dejan pasar ni el aire;

17 tan prendidos están uno del otro,tan unidos entre sí, que no pueden separarse.

18 Resopla y lanza deslumbrantes relámpagos;sus ojos se parecen a los rayos de la aurora.

19 Ascuas de fuego brotan de su hocico;chispas de lumbre salen disparadas.