Job 41:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The folds of his flesh cleave together; they are firm upon him, and they cannot shake [when he moves].

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

Common English Bible

²³ The folds of his flesh stick together; on him they are tough and unyielding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

Job 41:23 Cross References

Job 40:17

He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 41:22

In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.

Job 41:24

His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the nether millstone.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “You consider yourself a lion among the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.

Revelation 9:9

they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.