King James Version
Job 41:18 in the King James Version says “By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.”
Job 41:18 · KJV
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“doth shine”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
“a light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“and his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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