Job 41:20
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.
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.
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
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
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