They are joined one to another,.... One scale to another, or "a man in his brother" : which may seem to favour the notion of the whale's teeth in the sockets, which exactly answer to one another; but the next clause will by no means agree with them;they stick together, that they cannot be sundered: whereas they easily be, at least by the creature itself; but the scales of a crocodile are so closely joined and sealed together, that there is no parting them.
Bible Commentary
Job 41:17
Job 41:17
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
Recommended reading
More for Job 41:17
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
Job 41 — OverviewJob 41 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe description here given of the leviathan, a very large, strong,
formidable fish, or water-animal, is designed yet further to convince
Job of his own impotency, and of God's omnipotence, that he might be…Job 41 — OverviewJob 41 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 41:1, Of God’s great power in the leviathan.Job 41 — OverviewJob 41 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJOB 41A large description is here given of the leviathan, from the difficulty and danger of taking it, from whence it is inferred that none can stand before GodJob 41:1-34Job 41:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 41:1-34Job 41:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scripture. It forms, however, a fit climax to the gradually…Job 41:1-34Job 41:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryJehovah to Job: the second answer: 3. Concerning leviathan.
I. THE ANIMAL INTENDED.
1. A serpentine creature. This implied in the name leviathan, which signifies "a wreathed or twisted animal," as distinguished from…