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Young's Literal Translation
Job 41:21
His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
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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.
Easy-to-Read Version
His breath sets coals on fire, and flames shoot from his mouth.
His breath sets coals on fire, and flames shoot from 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.
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 Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] mine. 12 I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement. 13 Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter? 14 The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth [are] terrible. 15 A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal. 16 One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them. 17 One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated. 18 His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn. 19 Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.
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
And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day:
And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day:
Genesis 41:10
Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
Psalms 37:19
They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.
They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.
Isaiah 9:20
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
Ezekiel 3:3
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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.
