Job 41:18
16 One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17 They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20 Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
- KJV
- By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- WEB
- His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- ASV
- His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- DARBY
- His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- BLB
- His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the dawn.
- ÅB
- Når den nyser, stråler det fram lys, og dens øyne er som morgenrødens øyelokk.
- OTB
- Hans nys sender ut lysglimt,
Og hans øyne er som morgenens stråler. - B1930
- Når den nyser, stråler det frem lys, og dens øine er som morgenrødens øielokk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 3:9
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Read in contextRevelation 1:14
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
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