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Job 41:15–17

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15His back is made of4 rows of shields,

shut up closely as with a seal.

16One is so near to another

that no air can come between them.

17They are zjoined one to another;

they clasp each other and cannot be separated.

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Footnotes

  1. 4Or His pride is in his

Cross references

  1. zver. 23

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Its back has rows of shields

tightly sealed together;

each is so close to the next

that no air can pass between.

They are joined fast to one another;

they cling together and cannot be parted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His pride is in his rows of scales,

closely sealed together.

One scale is so close to another

that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,

so closely connected they cannot be separated.

NLTNew Living Translation

The scales on its back are like rows of shields

tightly sealed together.

They are so close together

that no air can get between them.

Each scale sticks tight to the next.

They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Its back has scales of shields;

it is shut up closely as with a seal.

They are close to one another—

even the air cannot come between them.

They are joined one to another;

they cling together and cannot be separated.

KJV 1900King James Version

His scales are his pride,

Shut up together as with a close seal.

One is so near to another,

That no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another,

They stick together, that they cannot be sundered.