King James Version
Job 41:14 in the King James Version says “Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.”
Job 41:14 · KJV
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power , nor his comely proportion.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? with: or, within
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of his face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who can open”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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