Job 41:20
18 His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22 Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
- KJV
- Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
- WEB
- Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
- ASV
- Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.
- DARBY
- Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
- BLB
- From his nostrils smoke comes forth, boiling like a pot and a reed.
- ÅB
- Fra dens nesebor kommer røyk som av en gryte som koker over siv.
- OTB
- Røyk strømmer fra hans nesebor
Som fra en kokende gryte og brennende siv. - B1930
- Fra dens nesebor kommer røk som av en gryte som koker over siv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 1:13–14
Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
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