Job 41:23 (BSB)
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
Commentary on Job 41:23
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 41:11-34: God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is, I. God's sovereign dominion and independency laid down, Job 41:11. 1. That he is indebted to none of his creatures.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 41:23: His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. Which must be understood not of the substance but of the qualities of it, being bold, courageous, undaunted, and unmerciful; which is true both of the whale and crocodile, and particularly of the crocodile: Aelianus (z) relates of one sort of them that they are unmerciful, though...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Job 41:23: flakes--rather, "dewlaps"; that which falls down (Margin). They are "joined" fast and firm, together, not hanging loose, as in the ox. are firm--UMBREIT and MAURER, "are spread." in themselves--rather, "upon him."
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Job 41:23: The flakes of his flesh - His muscles are strongly and firmly compacted.