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Complete Jewish Bible

Job 41:16

His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone.

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
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 From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out. 12 His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire. 13 His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth. 14 "Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes]. 15 The layers of his flesh stick together; they are firm on him, immovable. 16 His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone. 17 When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair. 18 "If a sword touches him, it won't stick; neither will a spear, or a dart, or a lance. 19 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. 20 An arrow can't make him flee; for him, slingstones are so much chaff.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
He said to him, "Go now, see whether things are going well with your brothers and with the sheep, and bring word back to me." So he sent him away from the Hevron Valley, and he went to Sh'khem,
Genesis 40:8
They said to him, "We each had a dream, and there's no one around who can interpret it." Yosef said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh summoned Yosef, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:15
(A: ii) Pharaoh said to Yosef, "I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; but I've heard it said about you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it."
Genesis 41:18
and there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and sleek; and they began feeding in the swamp grass.
Genesis 41:23
After them, seven ears, thin and blasted by the east wind, sprang up.
Genesis 41:28
This is what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:30
but afterwards, there will come seven years of famine; and Egypt will forget all the abundance. The famine will consume the land,
Numbers 12:6
He said, "Listen to what I say: when there is a prophet among you, I, Adonai , make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.
2 Kings 6:27
He said, "If Adonai isn't helping you, how do you expect me to help you? There isn't any grain, and there isn't any wine."

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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