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The Book of Job, Chapter 41, Verse 15

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Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.
King James Version
[His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
American Standard Version
[ His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
New English Translation
Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;
World English Bible
Strong scales are his pride, shut up together 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 together, that they cannot be sundered.
18
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
19
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire leap out.
20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
21
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
25
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.