Job 41:23
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
In Context
22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
Cross References
Job 40:17His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Revelation 9:9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into 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 →