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New King James Version

Job 41:16

One is so near another That no air can come 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 Century Version
Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go 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 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 Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. 12 "I will not conceal [fn] his limbs,His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. 13 Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? 15 His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal; 16 One is so near another That no air can come between them; 17 They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. 18 His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
Then he said to him, "Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me." So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
Genesis 40:8
And they said to him, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please."
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:15
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it."
Genesis 41:18
Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
Genesis 41:23
Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.
Genesis 41:28
This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
Genesis 41:30
but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land.
Numbers 12:6
Then He said, If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.
2 Kings 6:27
And he said, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? 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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