Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
23. The verse reads,
The flakes of his flesh cleave fast together;
It is firm upon him, it is not moved.
The “flakes” of his flesh are the parts beneath the neck and belly, which in most animals are soft and pendulous; in him they are firm and hard. In the second clause it refers to his flesh, which is “firm,” lit. cast or molten, and does not move, or shake, with the motions of his body.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The flakes of his flesh are joined together – Margin, fallings. The Hebrew word used here means anything falling, or pendulous, and the reference here is, probably, to the pendulous parts of the flesh of the animal; the flabby parts; the dew-laps. In animals commonly these parts about the neck and belly are soft, pendulous, and contribute little to their strength. The meaning here is, that in the leviathan, instead of being thus flabby and pendulous, they were compact and firm. This is strikingly true of the crocodile. The belly is, indeed, more soft and penetrable than the other parts of the body, but there is nothing like the soft and pendulous dew-laps of most animals.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. The flakes of his flesh] His muscles are strongly and firmly compacted.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The flakes, or parts, which stick out, or hang loose, and are ready to fall from other fishes or creatures.
Of his flesh: the word flesh is used of fishes also, as Lev 11:11; 1Co 15:39.
They cannot, without difficulty,
be moved, to wit, out of their place, or from the other members of the body.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
23. flakesrather, “dewlaps”;that which falls down (Margin). They are “joined”fast and firm, together, not hanging loose, as in theox.
are firmUMBREITand MAURER, “arespread.”
in themselvesrather,”upon him.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The flakes of his flesh are joined together,…. The muscles of his hefty are not flaccid and flabby, but solid and firmly compacted;
they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved; that is, not very easily, not without a large sharp cutting knife, and that used with much strength.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(23) The flakes of his fleshi.e., the parts that in other animals hang down: e.g., dewlaps, &c., are not flabby, as with them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
. This section resumes the subject left at Job 41:17, (from which Job 41:18-22 are a digression, setting forth the terribleness of leviathan,) and shows that even the fleshy parts of this monster have been fitted close to it like a metal casting, and his heart made firm as a stone, and that even his path through the mire resembles the impress of a threshing machine; so that he fears neither the assaults of man nor those of the entire brute creation. Monster of monsters! there is not on earth a dominion like his, who is made without fear, and who looketh down upon every high thing, Job 41:23-34.
23. Firm in themselves Literally, molten upon them. On him is no flabby, pendulous flesh as on other animals; all is welded together as if made of metal.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Ver. 23. The flakes of his flesh are joined together ] Heb. The failings, or the refuse and vilest parts, as the word is rendered, Amo 8:6 . Now if God be so punctual in the description of these also, can any one think that he hath let pass anything in the Holy Scriptures that belong to our salvation? What need is there then of human traditions?
They are firm in themselves
They cannot be moved
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
flakes: Heb. fallings
are joined: Job 41:17
Reciprocal: Job 40:17 – the Rev 9:9 – they had