King James Version

Job 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:15.

מַפְּלֵ֣יmapleflakeמַפָּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “flake”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4651a falling off, i.e. chaff; also something pendulous, i.e. a flapflake, refuse.בְשָׂר֣וֹvesarvobodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.דָבֵ֑קוּdaveqvabide fastדָּבַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “abide fast”, a completed actionH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.יָצ֥וּקyatsuqcastיָצַקverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “cast”, a verb used as a describing wordH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.עָ֝לָ֗יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יִמּֽוֹטyimotfallמוֹטverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH4131to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fallbe carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

Young’s Literal Translation

The flakes of his flesh have adhered — Firm upon him — it is not moved.

World English Bible

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

Darby Translation

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.

Douay-Rheims

A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The flesh also of his body is joined together: if one pours violence upon him, he shall not be moved.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σάρκες δὲ σώματος αὐτοῦ κεκόλληνται· καταχέει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, οὐ σαλευθήσεται.