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Selected Verse: Job 41:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 41:20 |
King James |
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| seething--boiling: literally, "blown under," under which a fire is blown. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Out 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 nostrils, with a sound that made the earth tremble." Rosenmuller, "Alte u. neue Morgenland," No. 778.
As out of a seething-pot - A pot that is boiling. Literally, "a blown pot;" that is, a pot under which the fire is blown, or kindled.
Or caldron - Any kettle. The same word is used to denote a reed or bulrush, or a rope made of reeds, Isa 9:14; Job 41:1. |
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.