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

18“When it sneezes, it flashes light! Its eyes are like the red of dawn. 19Lightning leaps from its mouth; flames of fire flash out. Smoke streams from its nostrils like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes. 21Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth. 22“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck strikes terror wherever it goes.

Job 41:20 word by word

מִ֭נְּחִירָיו יֵצֵ֣א עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Out of his nostrilsנָחִירnechîyr · nostrilH5156
• goethיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• smokeעָשָׁן‛âshân · smokeH6227
• of a seethingנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• potדּוּדdûd · potH1731
• or caldronאַגְמֹן'agmôn · bulrushH100

Cross-references for Job 41:20

• Jeremiah 1:13Then the Lord spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?” And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling 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