Job 41:23

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The folds of his flesh are joined together,solid as metal and immovable.

Hebrew Names Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

King James Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

English Standard Version
The folds of his flesh stick together, firmly cast on him and immovable.

New Century Version
The folds of its skin are tightly joined; they are set and cannot be moved.

New English Translation
The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

Amplified Bible
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].

New American Standard Bible
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him.

World English Bible
The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The members of his bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued.

Legacy Standard Bible
The folds of its flesh cling together,Hardened upon it and is not shaken.

Berean Standard Bible
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

Contemporary English Version
the weakest parts of its body are harder than iron,

Complete Jewish Bible
"He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle.

Darby Translation
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.

Easy-to-Read Version
There is no soft spot in his skin. It is as hard as iron.

George Lamsa Translation
He has great strength in his neck, and fear is to him like dancing.

Good News Translation
There is not a weak spot in his skin; it is as hard and unyielding as iron.

Lexham English Bible
Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it—it will not be moved.

Literal Translation
The folds of flesh cleave together, cast firm on him; he cannot be moved.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued.

American Standard Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

Bible in Basic English
The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

King James Version (1611)
The flakes of his flesh are ioyned together: they are firme in themselues, they cannot be moued.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The members of his body are ioyned [so strait one to another,] and cleaue so fast together, that he cannot be moued.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as his range.

English Revised Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The membris of hise fleischis ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis ayens hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place.

Update Bible Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm on him; they can't be moved.

Webster's Bible Translation
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

New King James Version
The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

New Living Translation
Its flesh is hard and firm and cannot be penetrated.

New Life Bible
The folds of his flesh are joined together. They are set in place and cannot be moved.

New Revised Standard
The folds of its flesh cling together; it is firmly cast and immovable.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-14) The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

Revised Standard Version
The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.

Young's Literal Translation
The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.

Contextual Overview

¹²"But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, his enormous bulk, his beautiful shape. Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin or putting those jaws into bit and bridle? And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth filled with row upon row of fierce teeth? His pride is invincible; nothing can make a dent in that pride. Nothing can get through that proud skin— impervious to weapons and weather, The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable! ¹⁸"He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks. Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch. Smoke erupts from his nostrils like steam from a boiling pot. He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream from his mouth. All muscle he is—sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death. Sinewy and lithe, there's not a soft spot in his entire body— As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable. Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence. Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly. Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice. Arrows don't even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops. A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke. His belly is armor-plated, inexorable— unstoppable as a barge. He roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter. With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard! There's nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature! He surveys all the high and mighty— king of the ocean, king of the deep!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

flakes: Heb. fallings

are joined: Job 41:17

Reciprocal: Job 40:17 - the Revelation 9:9 - they had

Cross-References

2 Kings 19:26
Leaving their people dispirited, slumped shoulders, limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass, insubstantial as wind-blown chaff.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The flakes of his flesh are joined together,.... The muscles of his hefty are not flaccid and flabby, but solid and firmly compacted;

they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved; that is, not very easily, not without a large sharp cutting knife, and that used with much strength.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The flakes of his flesh are joined together - Margin, “fallings.” The Hebrew word used here means anything “falling,” or “pendulous,” and the reference here is, probably, to the pendulous parts of the flesh of the animal; the flabby parts; the dew-laps. In animals commonly these parts about the neck and belly are soft, pendulous, and contribute little to their strength. The meaning here is, that in the leviathan, instead of being thus flabby and pendulous, they were compact and firm. This is strikingly true of the crocodile. The belly is, indeed, more soft and penetrable than the other parts of the body, but there is nothing like the soft and pendulous dew-laps of most animals.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 41:23. The flakes of his flesh — His muscles are strongly and firmly compacted.