Job 41:15
Its pride is its rows of scales, closed tightly together.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
In Context
14Who can open its jaws? Its teeth are terrifying!
16Its scales are so close together that no air can pass between them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
Revelation 5:5One of the elders spoke to me and said, “Don't cry. Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the descendant of David, has won the battle and can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Matthew Henry on Job 41:12-34
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick… Read the whole commentary →