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New Century Version

Job 41:16

Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go between them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Air;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leviathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Air;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Air;   Leviathan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flour;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One scale is so close to anotherthat no air can pass between them.
Hebrew Names Version
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
King James Version
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
English Standard Version
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
New English Translation
each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.
Amplified Bible
"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.
New American Standard Bible
"One is so close to another That no air can come between them.
World English Bible
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them.
Legacy Standard Bible
One is so near to anotherThat no air can come between them.
Berean Standard Bible
One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
Contemporary English Version
firmly bound and closer together
Complete Jewish Bible
His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone.
Darby Translation
One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
Easy-to-Read Version
They are so close to each other that no air can pass between them.
George Lamsa Translation
His mouth is tied up, and closely shut, as with a seal.
Good News Translation
Each one is joined so tight to the next, not even a breath can come between.
Lexham English Bible
They are close to one another— even the air cannot come between them.
Literal Translation
one is so near to another that no air can come between them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in:
American Standard Version
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
Bible in Basic English
One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
King James Version (1611)
One is so neere to another, that no ayre can come betweene them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when he turns, he is a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.
English Revised Version
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Oon is ioyned to another; and sotheli brething goith not thorouy tho.
Update Bible Version
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
Webster's Bible Translation
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
New King James Version
One is so near another That no air can come between them;
New Living Translation
They are so close together that no air can get between them.
New Life Bible
One piece of his hard skin is so close to another that no air can come between them.
New Revised Standard
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-7) One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
Revised Standard Version
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
Young's Literal Translation
One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.

Contextual Overview

11 No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back, because everything under the sky belongs to me. 12 "I will speak about Leviathan's arms and legs, its great strength and well-formed body. 13 No one can tear off its outer hide or poke through its double armor. 14 No one can force open its great jaws; they are filled with frightening teeth. 15 It has rows of shields on its back that are tightly sealed together. 16 Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go between them. 17 They are joined strongly to one another; they hold on to each other and cannot be separated. 18 When it snorts, flashes of light are thrown out, and its eyes look like the light at dawn. 19 Flames blaze from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke pours out of its nose, as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
His father said, "Go and see if your brothers and the flocks are all right. Then come back and tell me." So Joseph's father sent him from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph came to Shechem,
Genesis 40:8
The two men answered, "We both had dreams last night, but no one can explain their meaning to us." Joseph said to them, "God is the only One who can explain the meaning of dreams. Tell me your dreams."
Genesis 41:14
So the king called for Joseph. The guards quickly brought him out of the prison, and he shaved, put on clean clothes, and went before the king.
Genesis 41:15
The king said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can explain its meaning to me. I have heard that you can explain a dream when someone tells it to you."
Genesis 41:18
I saw seven fat and beautiful cows that came up out of the river and ate the grass.
Genesis 41:23
Then seven more heads of grain sprang up after them, but these heads were thin and ugly and were burned by the hot east wind.
Genesis 41:28
This will happen as I told you. God is showing the king what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:30
But after those seven years, there will come seven years of hunger, and all the food that grew in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The time of hunger will eat up the land.
Numbers 12:6
He said, "Listen to my words: When prophets are among you, I, the Lord , will show myself to them in visions; I will speak to them in dreams.
2 Kings 6:27
The king said, "If the Lord doesn't help you, how can I? Can I get help from the threshing floor or from the winepress?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. This shows that it cannot be understood of the skin of the whale, and the hardness and strength of that, which is alike and of a piece; whereas those scales, or be they what they may, though closely joined, yet are distinct: those who interpret this of whales that have teeth, and these of the teeth, observe, that as they have teeth to the number of forty or fifty in the lower jaw, in the upper one fire holes or sockets into which they go; and they are so very close that no wind or air can come between them g.

g Vid. Scheuchzer. ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 848.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 41:16. One is so near to another — It has already been stated, that a musket-ball fired at him in any direction cannot make a passage through his scales.


 
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