16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

Other Translations of Job 41:16

New International Version

16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

English Standard Version

16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

The Message

16 Nothing can get through that proud skin - impervious to weapons and weather,

New King James Version

16 One is so near another That no air can come between them;

New Living Translation

16 They are so close together that no air can get between them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:16

Chapter Contents

Concerning Leviathan.

The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.