KJV King James Version
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
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Job 41:20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
WEB World English Bible
Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
ASV American Standard Version
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.
Surrounding context — Job 41
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
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.
20 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.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
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