Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job 41:23 in other translations
| BSB | The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. |
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| WEB | The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved. |
| ASV | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. |
| YLT | The flakes of his flesh have adhered--Firm upon him--it is not moved. |
| DARBY | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved. |
| BBE | The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved. |
| Webster | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. |
What does Job 41:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. flakes--rather, "dewlaps"; that which falls down (Margin). They are "joined" fast and firm, together, not hanging loose, as in the ox. are firm--Umbreit and Maurer, "are spread." in themselves--rather, "upon him."
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 The flakes of his flesh - His muscles are strongly and firmly compacted.
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Job 41:23 in the original Hebrew
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
flakes. Heb. fallings. are joined.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Job 41:22
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
- Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
- Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job 41:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las partes momias de su carne están apretadas: están en él firmes, y no se mueven. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il fait bouillonner l’eau profonde comme une marmite, il fait de la mer comme un pot d’onguent; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hinter ihm leuchtet der Pfad, man könnte die Tiefe für graues Haar halten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Post eum lucebit semita: æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem. |