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The Book of Job, Chapter 41, Verse 16

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[His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
King James Version
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
American Standard Version
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
New English Translation
each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.
World English Bible
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
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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.
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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
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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.
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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.