The Meaning of Job 41:16 Explained

Job 41:16

KJV: One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

YLT: One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

Darby: One is so near to another that no air can come between them;

ASV: One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.

Discover Job 41:16

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 41:16?

MEANING: What does Job 41:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 41:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 41:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

One  is so near  to another,  that no air  can come  between them. 

What does Job 41:16 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 41:16 mean?

One one is so near that air no can come between them
אֶחָ֣ד בְּאֶחָ֣ד יִגַּ֑שׁוּ וְ֝ר֗וּחַ לֹא־ יָב֥וֹא בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם

אֶחָ֣ד  One 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
בְּאֶחָ֣ד  one 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
יִגַּ֑שׁוּ  is  so  near 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָגַשׁ  
Sense: to draw near, approach.
וְ֝ר֗וּחַ  that  air 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
לֹא־  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יָב֥וֹא  can  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם  between  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.

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