Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together.
New American Standard Bible
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
closely sealed 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
Ga`avah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 41:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
14 Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! 15 His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. 16 Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: "The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.
Revelation 5:2-3
I also saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
Revelation 5:5
"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."