Job 41:23
Job 41:18-34 The Message (MSG)
“He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks. Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch. Smoke erupts from his nostrils like steam from a boiling pot. He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream from his mouth. All muscle he is—sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death. Sinewy and lithe, there’s not a soft spot in his entire body— As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable. Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence. Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly. Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice. Arrows don’t even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops. A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke. His belly is armor-plated, inexorable— unstoppable as a barge. He roils deep ocean the way you’d boil water, he whips the sea like you’d whip an egg into batter. With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard! There’s nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature! He surveys all the high and mighty— king of the ocean, king of the deep!”
Job 41:23 King James Version (KJV)
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job 41:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.
Job 41:23 New Century Version (NCV)
The folds of its skin are tightly joined; they are set and cannot be moved.
Job 41:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
Job 41:23 New International Version (NIV)
The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
Job 41:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
Job 41:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].