Job 41:17
17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
Other Translations of Job 41:17
King James Version
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
English Standard Version
17 They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
The Message
17 The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!
New King James Version
17 They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
New Living Translation
17 Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:17
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.