Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The rows of shields are his pride, shut up with a close seal;
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.
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 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 can open the doors to his face? Terror is round about his teeth. 15 The rows of shields are his pride, shut up with a close seal; 16 one is so near to another that no air can come between them;
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23
So says Jehovah, Do not let the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; do not let the rich glory in his riches;
Revelation 5:2-3
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loosen its seals?
Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.