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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)The scales on its back are like rows of shields tightly sealed together.

Context of Job 41:15

13Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? 14Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; 16each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. 17They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

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 9:23This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,
• Revelation 5:2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

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

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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