The Meaning of Job 41:23 Explained

Job 41:23

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

YLT: The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.

Darby: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.

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

Discover Job 41:23

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 41:23?

MEANING: What does Job 41:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 41:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 41:23?

What is the context of Job 41:23?

The Lord Challenges Job (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power in the Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord’s Challenge Continues (Job 41:1-34)
Yahweh Interrogates Job Again (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power Shown in Creatures (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord Speaks (Job 41:1-34)
On Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 41:23 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 41:23 mean?

The folds of his flesh are joined together they are firm on him and cannot be moved

מַפְּלֵ֣י בְשָׂר֣וֹ דָבֵ֑קוּ יָצ֥וּק עָ֝לָ֗יו בַּל־ יִמּֽוֹט

מַפְּלֵ֣י	The folds
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: מַפָּל Sense: refuse, hanging parts.
בְשָׂר֣וֹ	of his flesh
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בָּשָׂר Sense: flesh.
דָבֵ֑קוּ	are joined together
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: דָּבַק Sense: to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch.
יָצ֥וּק	they are firm
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular Root: יָצַק Sense: to pour, flow, cast, pour out.
עָ֝לָ֗יו	on him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בַּל־	and cannot
Parse: Adverb Root: בַּל Sense: not, hardly, else.
יִמּֽוֹט	be moved
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מֹוט Sense: to totter, shake, slip.

What are the major concepts related to Job 41:23?

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