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JPS Old Testament

Job 41:16

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether 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
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.
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 Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth. 12 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes. 13 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 14 In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him. 15 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. 16 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone. 17 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves. 18 If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. 19 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 20 The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 40:8
And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.' And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.'
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:15
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.'
Genesis 41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass.
Genesis 41:23
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
Genesis 41:28
That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:30
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Numbers 12:6
And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream.
2 Kings 6:27
And he said: 'If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshingfloor, or out of 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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