JOB 41:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Rows of scales are its pride,
⇔ fitting into each other with a tight seal.

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BSB His rows of scales are his pride,
⇔ tightly sealed together.

OEB His back is a ripple of shields,
⇔ And his breast is a seal of flint.

WEBBE Strong scales are his pride,
⇔ shut up together with a close seal.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Its back has rows of shields,
⇔ shut up closely together as with a seal;

LSV A pride—strong ones of shields,
Shut up—a close seal.

FBV Its pride[fn] is its rows of scales, closed tightly together.

41:15 Or “back.”

T4T They have rows of scales on their back
⇔ which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).

LEB • [fn] has scales of shields; it is shut up closely as with a seal.

?:? LXX; or “pride”

BBE His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

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JPS (41-7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

ASV His strong scales are his pride,
⇔ Shut up together as with a close seal.

DRA His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.

YLT A pride — strong ones of shields, Shut up — a close seal.

Drby The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.

RV His strong scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Wbstr His scales are his pride, shut together as with a close seal.

KJB-1769 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.[fn]

41.15 scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields

KJB-1611 [fn]His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.
(His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seale.)

41:15 Heb. strong pieces of shields.

Bshps His scales are as it were strong shieldes, so fastened together as if they were sealed:

Gnva His heart is as strong as a stone, and as hard as the nether milstone.
(His heart is as strong as a stone, and as hard as the neither millstone. )

Cvdl His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well copacte together.
(His body is covered with scales as it were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well copacte together.)

Wyc His herte schal be maad hard as a stoon; and it schal be streyned togidere as the anefeld of a smith.
(His heart shall be made hard as a stone; and it shall be streyned together as the anefeld of a smith.)

Luth Die Gliedmaßen seines Fleisches hangen aneinander und halten hart an ihm, daß er nicht zerfallen kann.
(The member/elementmaßen seines fleshes hangen aneinander and hold hart at him, that he not zerfallen kann.)

ClVg Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
(Cor his indurabitur tamquam lapis, and stringetur as_if malleatoris incus. )

BrTr The flesh also of his body is joined together: if one pours violence upon him, he shall not be moved.

BrLXX Σάρκες δὲ σώματος αὐτοῦ κεκόλληνται· καταχέει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, οὐ σαλευθήσεται.
(Sarkes de sōmatos autou kekollaʸntai; kataⱪeei epʼ auton, ou saleuthaʸsetai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָֽגִנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: folds flesh,his cling_together firm on/upon/above=him/it not moved )

Yahweh is speaking as if the scales of Leviathan were literally shields. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “scales”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

גַּ֭אֲוָה

(Some words not found in UHB: folds flesh,his cling_together firm on/upon/above=him/it not moved )

Yahweh is speaking of Leviathan as if it were a living thing that could take pride in its scales. He means that it could be confident in their protection. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “are its protection”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: folds flesh,his cling_together firm on/upon/above=him/it not moved )

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “A tight seal shuts them together”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: folds flesh,his cling_together firm on/upon/above=him/it not moved )

Yahweh is speaking as if a tight seal literally held the scales of Leviathan closely to one another. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: “They overlap closely, as if a seal held them together”

Parallel JOB 41:15