Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 his jaws,
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
16 One scale is so close to another
that no air can pass between them.



Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Revelation 5:2-3

I also saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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