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Job 41:19–20

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41:19Out of its mouth go flames,31

sparks of fire shoot forth!

41:20Smoke streams from its nostrils

as from a boiling pot over burning32 rushes.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 For the animal, the image is that of pent-up breath with water in a hot steam jet coming from its mouth, like a stream of fire in the rays of the sun. The language is hyperbolic, probably to reflect the pagan ideas of the dragon of the deep in a polemical way—they feared it as a fire breathing monster, but in reality it might have been a steamy crocodile.
  2. 32 The word “burning” is supplied. The and have “a seething and boiling pot” (reading אֹגֵם [’ogem] for אַגְמֹן [’agmon]). This view is widely accepted.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Out of his mouth go flaming torches;

sparks of fire leap forth.

Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,

as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Flames stream from its mouth;

sparks of fire shoot out.

Smoke pours from its nostrils

as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;

fiery sparks fly out!

Smoke billows from his nostrils

as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

NLTNew Living Translation

Lightning leaps from its mouth;

flames of fire flash out.

Smoke streams from its nostrils

like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Torches go from its mouth;

sparks of fire shoot out.

Smoke comes from its nostrils

as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes.

KJV 1900King James Version

Out of his mouth go burning lamps,

And sparks of fire leap out.

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,

As out of a seething pot or caldron.