Job 41:15–17
Job 41:15–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)
15 His back is made of rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
Job 41:15–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
15 His scales are his pride,
Shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another,
That no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job 41:15–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
15 The scales on its back are like rows of shields
tightly sealed together.
16 They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
17 Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
Job 41:15–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
15 His rows of scales are his pride,
Shut up tightly as with a seal;
16 One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
Job 41:15–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
15 It has rows of shields on its back
that are tightly sealed together.
16 Each shield is so close to the next one
that no air can go between them.
17 They are joined strongly to one another;
they hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
Job 41:15–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
15 His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another,
That no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;
They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
Job 41:15–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
15 The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them; 17 They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
Job 41:15–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
15 Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.
16 One is so close to the other
that there is no space between them.
17 Each is joined to the other.
They are locked together and inseparable.
Job 41:15–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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.
17 They are joined to one another,
so closely connected they cannot be separated.
Job 41:15–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
15 Its back is made of shields in rows,
shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
Job 41:15–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
15 Its back has scales of shields;
it is shut up closely as with a seal.
16 They are close to one another—
even the air cannot come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;
they cling together and cannot be separated.
Job 41:15–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
15 Its back has rows of shields
that are close together.
16 Each one is so close to the next one
that not even air can pass between them.
17 They are joined tightly to one another.
They stick together and can’t be forced apart.
Job 41:15–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
15 “His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
16 “One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
17 “They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.