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Filipino Cebuano Bible
Job 41:20
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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.
