KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 41:15–16
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Job 41:15
15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
15 His †scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.
- Heb. strong pieces of shields.
Job 41:16
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
16One is so neere to another, that no ayre can come betweene them.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:15
To close, fasten, or exclude; to become closed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Shut, enclosed, near, confined, or joined closely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A mark, impression, or device used to authenticate or secure; also to close, secure, or authenticate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Job 41:16
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One more; an additional or different person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study23¶ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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Open the full verse study2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
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Open the full verse study5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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