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Job 41:16–17

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16One scale is so close to another w

that no air can pass between them.

17They are joined to one another,

so closely connected xthey cannot be separated.

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Footnotes

  1. w41:16 One by one they approach
  2. x41:17 another; they cling together and

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

One is so near to another

that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another;

they clasp each other and cannot be separated.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

each is so close to the next

that no air can pass between.

They are joined fast to one another;

they cling together and cannot be parted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One scale is so close to another

that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,

so closely connected they cannot be separated.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are so close together

that no air can get between them.

Each scale sticks tight to the next.

They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They are close to one another—

even the air cannot come between them.

They are joined one to another;

they cling together and cannot be separated.

KJV 1900King James Version

One is so near to another,

That no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another,

They stick together, that they cannot be sundered.