Job 41:23

A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

24There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

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Cross References

Job 40:17The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

Revelation 9:9And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the noise of their wings was like the noise of many running horses, rushing to battle.

Matthew Henry on Job 41:12-34

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick… Read the whole commentary →

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