Job 41:15

Job 41:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
• New International Version (NIV)Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
• English Standard Version (ESV)His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;

Context of Job 41:15

13Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor? Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle? 14Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face? Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror. His strong scales are his pride, Bound together as with a tight seal. 16One is so near to another That no air can come between them. 17They are joined one to another; They stick together and cannot be separated.

Job 41:15 word by word

גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• scalesאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
• scalesמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
• prideגַּאֲוָהga'ăvâh · prideH1346
• shut up togetherסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• a closeצַרtsar tsâr · narrowH6862
• sealחֹתָםchôthâm chôthâm · signetH2368

Cross-references for Job 41:15

• Jeremiah 9:23Thus says the Lord, “Let not the one who is wise and skillful boast in his insight; let not the one who is mighty and powerful boast in his strength; let not the one who is rich boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] abundance;
• Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, “Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

Commentaries on Job 41:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15His scales are his pride - They are impenetrable, as we have already seen.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15His scales are his pride - Margin, “strong pieces of shields.” The literal translation of this would be, “Pride, the strong of shields;” that is, the strong shields. There can be no doubt that there is reference to the scales of the animal, as having a resemblance to strong shields laid close to each other. But there is considerable variety of opinion as to its meaning. Umbreit and Prof. Lee take the word here rendered “pride” (גאוה gê'voh ) to be the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Rather, his "furrows of shields" (as "tubes," "channels," see on Job 40:18), are, &c., that is, the rows of scales, like shields covering him: he has seventeen such rows. shut up--firmly closed together. A musket ball cannot penetrate him, save in the eye, throat, and belly.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:15

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Channel
• Flake
• Night-Monster
• Scales
• Tribulation

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary