“His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.”
King James Version (KJV)
41:15 Shut - Closely compacted together, as things that are fastened together by a seal. This likewise is true of the crocodile, but the skin of the whale is smooth and entire without any scales at all.
His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"{His} strong scales are {his} pride, Shut up {as with} a tight seal.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
`His' strong scales are `his' pride, Shut up together `as with' a close seal.
- American Standard Version (1901)
His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.
- Basic English Bible
The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
- Darby Bible
His scales are his pride, shut together as with a close seal.
- Webster's Bible
Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
- World English Bible
A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(41:7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible