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King James Version

Job 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Leviathan;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abyss;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Flakes;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Leviathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Flake;   Leviathan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Spices;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
The folds of its flesh cling together,Hardened upon it and is not shaken.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The members of his body are ioyned [so strait one to another,] and cleaue so fast together, that he cannot be moued.
Darby Translation
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
New King James Version
The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
Literal Translation
The folds of flesh cleave together, cast firm on him; he cannot be moved.
Easy-to-Read Version
There is no soft spot in his skin. It is as hard as iron.
World English Bible
The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.
King James Version (1611)
The flakes of his flesh are ioyned together: they are firme in themselues, they cannot be moued.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued.
American Standard Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
Bible in Basic English
The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.
Update Bible Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm on him; they can't be moved.
Webster's Bible Translation
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
New English Translation
The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.
Contemporary English Version
the weakest parts of its body are harder than iron,
Complete Jewish Bible
"He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The members of his bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued.
George Lamsa Translation
He has great strength in his neck, and fear is to him like dancing.
Amplified Bible
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].
Hebrew Names Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
New Living Translation
Its flesh is hard and firm and cannot be penetrated.
New Life Bible
The folds of his flesh are joined together. They are set in place and cannot be moved.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as his range.
English Revised Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
Berean Standard Bible
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
New Revised Standard
The folds of its flesh cling together; it is firmly cast and immovable.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-14) The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
Lexham English Bible
Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it—it will not be moved.
English Standard Version
The folds of his flesh stick together, firmly cast on him and immovable.
New American Standard Bible
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him.
New Century Version
The folds of its skin are tightly joined; they are set and cannot be moved.
Good News Translation
There is not a weak spot in his skin; it is as hard and unyielding as iron.
Christian Standard Bible®
The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The membris of hise fleischis ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis ayens hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place.
Young's Literal Translation
The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.
Revised Standard Version
The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.

Contextual Overview

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

flakes: Heb. fallings

are joined: Job 41:17

Reciprocal: Job 40:17 - the Revelation 9:9 - they had

Cross-References

Genesis 41:6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Genesis 41:7
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
2 Kings 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
Hosea 13:15
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The flakes of his flesh are joined together - Margin, “fallings.” The Hebrew word used here means anything “falling,” or “pendulous,” and the reference here is, probably, to the pendulous parts of the flesh of the animal; the flabby parts; the dew-laps. In animals commonly these parts about the neck and belly are soft, pendulous, and contribute little to their strength. The meaning here is, that in the leviathan, instead of being thus flabby and pendulous, they were compact and firm. This is strikingly true of the crocodile. The belly is, indeed, more soft and penetrable than the other parts of the body, but there is nothing like the soft and pendulous dew-laps of most animals.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 41:23. The flakes of his flesh — His muscles are strongly and firmly compacted.


 
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