King James Version

Job 41:15

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:7.

גַּ֭אֲוָהgaavahexcellencyגַּאֲוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “excellency”, the ordinary formH1346arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornamentexcellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.אֲפִיקֵ֣יafiqestrong pieceאָפִיקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “strong piece”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH650properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a herobrook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.מָֽגִנִּ֑יםmaginimbucklerמָגֵןnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “buckler”, the ordinary formH4043a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.סָ֝ג֗וּרsagurshutסָגַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “shut”, a verb used as a describing wordH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.חוֹתָ֥םchotamsealחוֹתָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seal”, the ordinary formH2368a signature-ringseal, signet.צָֽרtsarnarrowצַרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his skin as a smyrite stone.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ ἀσπίδες χάλκεαι. σύνδεσμος δὲ αὐτοῦ, ὥσπερ σμυρίτης λίθος.