KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Job 41:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “One” | אֶחָ֣ד | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | One |
| “is so near” | יִגַּ֑שׁוּ | To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back | near |
| “to another,” | בְּאֶחָ֣ד | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | another |
| “that no” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | no |
| “air” | וְ֝ר֗וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | air |
| “can come” | יָבֹ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | can come |
| “between” | בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃ | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “them.” | בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃ | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | them |
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14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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