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Job 41:15–17

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15His †scales are his pride,

Shut up together as with a close seal.

16One is so near to another,

That no air can come between them.

17They are ujoined one to another,

They xstick together, that they cannot be sundered.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. strong pieces of shields. ch. 12:21 (Heb.) & 40:18.
  2. uch. 38:38 (Heb.). So ver. 23.
  3. xch. 38:30 marg.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His back is made of rows of shields,

shut up closely as with a seal.

One is so near to another

that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another;

they clasp each other and cannot be separated.

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.