Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Strong scales are his pride, shut up together 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 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;
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 of his face? Around his teeth is terror. 15 Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says the LORD, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;
Revelation 5:2-3
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to break its seals?"
Revelation 5:5
One of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."