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Job 41:21
His breath sets coals on fire, and flames shoot from his mouth.
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Christian Standard Bible®
His breath sets coals ablaze,and flames pour out of his mouth.
His breath sets coals ablaze,and flames pour out of his mouth.
Hebrew Names Version
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
King James Version
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
English Standard Version
His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
New Century Version
Its breath sets coals on fire, and flames come out of its mouth.
Its breath sets coals on fire, and flames come out of its mouth.
New English Translation
Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.
Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.
Amplified Bible
"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
New American Standard Bible
"His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
"His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
World English Bible
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Its breath kindles coals,And a flame goes forth from its mouth.
Its breath kindles coals,And a flame goes forth from its mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth.
His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth.
Contemporary English Version
while its blazing breath scorches everything in sight.
while its blazing breath scorches everything in sight.
Complete Jewish Bible
Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin.
Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin.
Darby Translation
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
George Lamsa Translation
Out of his nostrils goes smoke, like a flame spreading round the sides of a pot.
Out of his nostrils goes smoke, like a flame spreading round the sides of a pot.
Good News Translation
His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth.
His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth.
Lexham English Bible
Its breath kindles charcoal, and a flame comes from its mouth.
Its breath kindles charcoal, and a flame comes from its mouth.
Literal Translation
His breath kindles coals and the flame goes out from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals and the flame goes out from his mouth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.
American Standard Version
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
Bible in Basic English
His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
King James Version (1611)
His breath kindleth coales, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breath kindleth coales, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His breath maketh the coles burne, and the flambe goeth out of his mouth.
His breath maketh the coles burne, and the flambe goeth out of his mouth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His lair is formed of sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense quantity of clay.
His lair is formed of sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense quantity of clay.
English Revised Version
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth.
His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth.
Update Bible Version
His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
New King James Version
His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.
His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.
New Living Translation
Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth.
Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth.
New Life Bible
His breath sets fire to coals. A fire goes out of his mouth.
His breath sets fire to coals. A fire goes out of his mouth.
New Revised Standard
Its breath kindles coals, and a flame comes out of its mouth.
Its breath kindles coals, and a flame comes out of its mouth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-12) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
(41-12) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
Revised Standard Version
His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
Contextual Overview
11 I owe nothing to anyone. Everything under heaven belongs to me. 12 "I will tell you about Leviathan's legs, his strength, and his graceful shape. 13 No one can pierce his skin. It is like armor! 14 No one can force him to open his jaws. The teeth in his mouth scare people. 15 His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together. 16 They are so close to each other that no air can pass between them. 17 The shields are joined to each other. They hold together so tightly that they cannot be pulled apart. 18 When Leviathan sneezes, it is like lightning flashing out. His eyes shine like the light of dawn. 19 Burning torches come from his mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke pours from his nose like burning weeds under a boiling pot.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 18:8, Psalms 18:12, Isaiah 30:33, Habakkuk 3:5
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:9 - went Job 39:20 - the glory
Cross-References
Genesis 41:9
Then the wine servant remembered Joseph and said to Pharaoh, "I remember something that happened to me.
Then the wine servant remembered Joseph and said to Pharaoh, "I remember something that happened to me.
Genesis 41:10
You were angry with the baker and me, and you put us in prison.
You were angry with the baker and me, and you put us in prison.
Psalms 37:19
When trouble comes, good people will not be destroyed. When times of hunger come, good people will have plenty to eat.
When trouble comes, good people will not be destroyed. When times of hunger come, good people will have plenty to eat.
Isaiah 9:20
People looked to the right and grabbed whatever they could, but they were still hungry. They grabbed whatever was on their left, but still they were not satisfied. So they turned on themselves and began to eat the bodies of their own children.
People looked to the right and grabbed whatever they could, but they were still hungry. They grabbed whatever was on their left, but still they were not satisfied. So they turned on themselves and began to eat the bodies of their own children.
Ezekiel 3:3
Then God said, "Son of man, I am giving you this scroll. Swallow it! Let that scroll fill your body." So I ate the scroll. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Then God said, "Son of man, I am giving you this scroll. Swallow it! Let that scroll fill your body." So I ate the scroll. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
His breath kindles coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. Hyperbolical expressions, which the above observations may seem to justify.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His 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
πνέουσαν ἀμαισάκετον πῦρ
pneousan amaimaketon pur.
“Breathing 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 Psalms 18:8 :
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
