约伯记 41:20

Chinese Union (Simplified)

从 他 鼻 孔 冒 出 烟 来 ， 如 烧 开 的 锅 和 点 着 的 芦 苇 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
有煙從牠的鼻孔裡冒出來，像從沸騰的鍋中和燒著的蘆葦裡冒出來一樣；

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:13, Jeremiah 1:14

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:9 - went Job 39:20 - the glory Job 41:31 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron. In which flesh or anything else is boiling. It is observed that there is a likeness between the crocodile and the river horse, and particularly in their breathing u: and of the former it is remarked w, that its nostrils are very large and open, and that they breathe out a fiery smoke, as out of a furnace.

u Plin. l. 48. c. 8. Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 8. c. 2. w Achilles Statius & Eustathius, apud Scheuchzer: ut supra. (vol. 4. p. 849.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, Isaiah 9:14; Job 41:1.