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Job 41

Job 41:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His πscales
'aphiyq (Hebrew #650)
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
KJV usage: brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.
Pronounce: aw-feek'
Origin: from 622
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
are his pride
ga`avah (Hebrew #1346)
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
KJV usage: excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
Pronounce: gah-av-aw'
Origin: from 1342
, shut up together
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
as with a close
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
seal
chowtham (Hebrew #2368)
from 2856; a signature-ring
KJV usage: seal, signet.
Pronounce: kho-thawm'
Origin: or chotham {kho-thawm'}
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strong pieces of shields.

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Seal; Signet

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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scales.
Heb. strong pieces of shields.
pride.
Jer. 9:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)
a close.
Rev. 5:2‑3,5• 2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?
 3And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.
 5And one of the elders says to me, Do not weep. Behold, the lion which is of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has overcome so as to open the book, and its seven seals. (Rev. 5:2‑3,5)
• {v.15-18} The scales upon his head and body are, like pride, an impervious armor—each scale linked to its fellow, and no “joint of the harness” where an arrow could pierce. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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