Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.

King James Version

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Holman Bible

His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.

International Standard Version

His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together.

A Conservative Version

[His] strong scales are [his] pride, shut up together [like] a close seal.

American Standard Version

His'strong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal.

Amplified


“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.

Bible in Basic English

His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

Darby Translation

The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Julia Smith Translation

Pride of strong shields shut up with a seal of straitness.

King James 2000

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Its back [has] scales of shields; it is shut up closely [as with] a seal.

Modern King James verseion

The rows of shields are his pride, shut up with a close seal;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His body is covered with scales as it were with shields, locked in, kept, and well compact together.

NET Bible

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

New Heart English Bible

Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

The Emphasized Bible

A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal;

Webster

His scales are his pride, shut together as with a close seal.

World English Bible

Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

Youngs Literal Translation

A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מגנּה מגן 
Magen 
Usage: 63

סגר 
Cagar 
Usage: 93

as with a close
צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Job 41:15

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

14 “Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
15 “His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
16 “One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.



Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

Revelation 5:2-3

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?”

Revelation 5:5

and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

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