Tree of Life Version
Job 41:21
21A club is regarded as stubble; he laughs at the rattling 0f a lance.
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
19He regards iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. 20Arrows do not make him flee; sling stones become like chaff to him. A club is regarded as stubble; he laughs at the rattling 0f a lance. 22“His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail like a threshing sledge in mud. 23He makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
Read all of Job 41Job 41:21 word by word
נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 41:21
- Psalms 18:8Then the earth rocked and quaked. The foundations of mountains trembled. They reeled because He was angry.
- Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, prepared for the king, its fire pit made deep and wide, a pyre of fire with plenty of wood. The breath of Adonai, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it aflame.
- Habakkuk 3:5Pestilence goes before Him, a fiery bolt goes 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
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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
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