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Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Good News Translation
Job 41:17
They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart.
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Christian Standard Bible®
They are joined to one another,so closely connected they cannot be separated.
They are joined to one another,so closely connected they cannot be separated.
Hebrew Names Version
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
King James Version
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
English Standard Version
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
New Century Version
They are joined strongly to one another; they hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
They are joined strongly to one another; they hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
New English Translation
They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.
They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.
Amplified Bible
"They are joined one to another; They stick together and cannot be separated.
"They are joined one to another; They stick together and cannot be separated.
New American Standard Bible
"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
World English Bible
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.
One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.
Legacy Standard Bible
They cling one to another;They are interlocked and cannot be separated.
They cling one to another;They are interlocked and cannot be separated.
Berean Standard Bible
They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
Contemporary English Version
than breath to breath.
than breath to breath.
Complete Jewish Bible
When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair.
When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair.
Darby Translation
They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
Easy-to-Read Version
The shields are joined to each other. They hold together so tightly that they cannot be pulled apart.
The shields are joined to each other. They hold together so tightly that they cannot be pulled apart.
George Lamsa Translation
His teeth are so close together that no air can come between them.
His teeth are so close together that no air can come between them.
Lexham English Bible
They are joined one to another; they cling together and cannot be separated.
They are joined one to another; they cling together and cannot be separated.
Literal Translation
they are joined to one another; they clasp each other, so that they cannot be separated.
they are joined to one another; they clasp each other, so that they cannot be separated.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.
Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.
American Standard Version
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
Bible in Basic English
They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.
They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
King James Version (1611)
They are ioyned one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.
They are ioyned one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, one hangeth so vpon another, & sticketh so together, that they can not be sundred.
Yea, one hangeth so vpon another, & sticketh so together, that they can not be sundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If spears should come against him, men will effect nothing, either with the spear or the breast-plate.
If spears should come against him, men will effect nothing, either with the spear or the breast-plate.
English Revised Version
They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid.
Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid.
Update Bible Version
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be sundered.
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be sundered.
Webster's Bible Translation
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
New King James Version
They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
New Living Translation
Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
New Life Bible
They are joined one to another. They hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
They are joined one to another. They hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
New Revised Standard
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-8) They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
(41-8) They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
Revised Standard Version
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
Young's Literal Translation
One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.
One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
Contextual Overview
11 Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it. 12 Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs and describe how great and strong he is. 13 No one can tear off his outer coat or pierce the armor he wears. 14 Who can make him open his jaws, ringed with those terrifying teeth? 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. 20 Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Job 41:23 - are joined
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They are joined one to another,.... One scale to another, or "a man in his brother" h: 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.
h איש באחיהו "vir in fratre suo"; Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They are joined one to another - literally, “A man with his brother;” that is, each one is connected with another. There is no natural fastening of one scale with another, but they lie so close and compact that they seem thus to be fastened down on one another; see Bochart on this verse. It is this which makes the crocodile so difficult to be killed. A musket-ball will penetrate the skin under the belly, which is there less firmly protected; and accordingly the efforts of those who attempt to secure them are directed to that part of the body. A ball in the eye or throat will also destroy it, but the body is impervious to a spear or a bullet.
