Job 41:20

Job 41:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
• New International Version (NIV)Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

Context of Job 41:20

18His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth. Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes. 21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth. 22In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

Job 41:20 word by word

מִ֭נְּחִירָיו יֵצֵ֣א עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Job 41:20

• Jeremiah 1:13And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

Commentaries on Job 41:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke - See the quotations on Job 41:19. This appearance of the crocodile, or alligator, has been often noticed. Bertram, in his “Travels in North and South Carolina,” p. 116, says, “While I was seeking a place of rest, I encountered an alligator that in the neighboring lake rushed through the canes that grew on its banks. He inflated his enormous body, and swung his tail high in the air. A thick smoke streamed from his wide-open…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. seething--boiling: literally, "blown under," under which a fire is blown.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:20

• God

In the dictionaries

• Seething pot
• Basket
• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Caldron
• Kettle
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary