Job 41:16 Context

◄ Job 41:16 ►

One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

Context

16“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.

17“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

18“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.

20“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

21“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

22“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.

23“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.

24“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.

25“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

26“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

27“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.

28“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

29“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.

30“His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.

31“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

32“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

33“Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.

34“He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”

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