The Meaning of Job 41:13 Explained

Job 41:13

KJV: Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

YLT: Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter?

Darby: Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?

ASV: Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who can discover  the face  of his garment?  [or] who can come  [to him] with his double  bridle? 

What does Job 41:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 41:1-34 - The Parable Of The Crocodile
The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty suggests his greatness. He is not an animal with whom you can play, or to whom you can speak soft words, or whose skin can be reached withsharpened weapons. His scales, Job 41:12-17; his eyes, mouth, and nostrils, Job 41:18-24; his fearlessness of human attack, Job 41:25-29; his power to lash the sea into a fury, making it to boil, Job 41:30-34 -each of these features is described in graphic terms.
As before, it is clear that the object is to throw into strong contrast the puniness and littleness of man. We may not be so much given to speculations about the organic world in which we live. But we are able to appreciate the argument. Surely He who tells the number of the stars, and weighs the mountains in scales, will have His pathway through the deep, and His footsteps in mighty waters. Being all that He is, He cannot but baffle the eye of man, but the heart can fully trust Him. We know that He does all things well. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 41

1  Of God's great power in the leviathan

What do the individual words in Job 41:13 mean?

Who can remove outer his coat with double a bridle who can approach [him]
מִֽי־ גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י ؟ לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל ؟ רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ מִ֣י יָבֽוֹא

גִ֭לָּה  can  remove 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
פְּנֵ֣י  outer 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
؟ לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ  his  coat 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לָבוּשׁ 
Sense: clothing, garment, apparel, raiment.
בְּכֶ֥פֶל  with  double 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֶּפֶל  
Sense: double, a doubling.
؟ רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ  a  bridle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶסֶן  
Sense: something that restrains, halter, jaw.
יָבֽוֹא  can  approach  [him] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.

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