Job 41:23
Its body is dense and solid, as if it is made from cast metal.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
In Context
22Its neck is powerful, and all who face him shake with terror.
24Its heart is rock-hard, like a millstone.
Cross References
Job 40:17It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
Revelation 9:9Their breastplates looked like they were made of iron, and the noise made by their wings sounded like many horses and chariots racing 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 →