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16 each one is so close to the next[a]
that no air can come between them.
17 They lock tightly together, one to the next;[b]
they cling together and cannot be separated.
18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the red glow[c] of dawn.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 41:16 tn The expression “each one…to the next” is literally “one with one.”
  2. Job 41:17 tn Heb “a man with his brother.”
  3. Job 41:18 tn Heb “the eyelids,” but it represents the early beams of the dawn as the cover of night lifts.

16 One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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16 One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
17 They are (A)joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like (B)the eyelids of the dawn.

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