Job 41:21

Job 41:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
• New International Version (NIV)Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

Context of Job 41:21

19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow danceth before him. 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

Job 41:21 word by word

נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

• His breathנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• kindlethלָהַטlâhaţ · to kindleH3857
• coalsגַּחֶ֫לֶתgechel gacheleth · coalH1513
• and a flameלַ֫הַבlahab · flameH3851
• goeth outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of his mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Job 41:21

• Psalms 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
• Isaiah 30:33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Yhwh, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
• Habakkuk 3:5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

Commentaries on Job 41:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21His breath kindleth coals - It seems to be a flame, and to set on fire all around it. So Hesiod, “Theog.” i. 319, describing the creation of the Chimera, speaks of it as ́ ̓́ ͂ pneousan amaimaketon pur unquenchable fire,” So Virgil, “Georg.” ii. 140: Haec loca non tauri spirantes naribus ignem Invertere. “Bulls breathing fire these furrows ne‘er have known.” Warton A similar phrase is found in a sublime description of the anger of the Almighty, in Psalm…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. kindleth coals--poetical imagery (Psa 18:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:21

• God

In the dictionaries

• Coal
• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Flame
• Forth
• 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