The Meaning of Job 41:17 Explained

Job 41:17

KJV: They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

YLT: One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.

Darby: They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.

ASV: They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

Discover Job 41:17

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 41:17?

MEANING: What does Job 41:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 41:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 41:17?

What is the context of Job 41:17?

The Lord Challenges Job (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power in the Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord’s Challenge Continues (Job 41:1-34)
Yahweh Interrogates Job Again (Job 41:1-34)
God’s Power Shown in Creatures (Job 41:1-34)
The Lord Speaks (Job 41:1-34)
On Leviathan (Job 41:1-34)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

What does Job 41:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 41:1-34 - The Parable Of The Crocodile

The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty suggests his greatness. He is not an animal with whom you can play, or to whom you can speak soft words, or whose skin can be reached withsharpened weapons. His scales, Job 41:12-17; his eyes, mouth, and nostrils, Job 41:18-24; his fearlessness of human attack, Job 41:25-29; his power to lash the sea into a fury, making it to boil, Job 41:30-34 -each of these features is described in graphic terms.

As before, it is clear that the object is to throw into strong contrast the puniness and littleness of man. We may not be so much given to speculations about the organic world in which we live. But we are able to appreciate the argument. Surely He who tells the number of the stars, and weighs the mountains in scales, will have His pathway through the deep, and His footsteps in mighty waters. Being all that He is, He cannot but baffle the eye of man, but the heart can fully trust Him. We know that He does all things well. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 41

¹ Of God's great power in the leviathan

What do the individual words in Job 41:17 mean?

One to its brother they are joined they stick together and cannot be parted

אִישׁ־ בְּאָחִ֥יהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ וְלֹ֣א יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ

אִישׁ־	One
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
בְּאָחִ֥יהוּ	to its brother
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָח Sense: brother.
יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ	they are joined
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: דָּבַק Sense: to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch.
יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ	they stick together
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: לָכַד Sense: to capture, take, seize.
וְלֹ֣א	and cannot
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ	be parted
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: פָּרַד Sense: to separate, divide.

What are the major concepts related to Job 41:17?

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