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Job 41:15

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41:15Its back26 has rows of shields,

shut up closely27 together as with a seal;

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Footnotes

  1. 26 The has גַּאֲוָה (ga’avah, “his pride”), but the , Aquila, and the all read גַּוּוֹ (gavvo, “his back”). Almost all the modern English versions follow the variant reading, speaking about “his [or its] back.”
  2. 27 Instead of צָר (tsar, “closely”) the has צֹר (tsor, “stone”) to say that the seal was rock hard.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His back is made of rows of shields,

shut up closely as with a seal.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Its back has rows of shields

tightly sealed together;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His pride is in his rows of scales,

closely sealed together.

NLTNew Living Translation

The scales on its back are like rows of shields

tightly sealed together.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Its back has scales of shields;

it is shut up closely as with a seal.

KJV 1900King James Version

His scales are his pride,

Shut up together as with a close seal.