They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Parallel translations
- WEB They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
- BSB They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
- NKJV They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
- NASB “They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
- NLT Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
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Quick answer
Leviathan's scales are joined and cannot be pulled apart. His unbreakable armor reflects the Creator's strength in design.
Overview
The scales are described as locked together, immovable and inseparable. The repeated emphasis on the creature's impenetrable covering stresses how secure God has made him against attack. Man cannot breach what God has so firmly joined. Each detail deepens Job's sense of the Creator's incomparable power, leading him toward fuller trust and surrender.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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