King James Version
Job 41:15 in the King James Version says “His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields”
Job 41:15 · KJV
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? with: or, within
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, containing, i.e., a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
“His scales”
H4043a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
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