King James Version
Job 41:20 in the King James Version says “Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.”
Job 41:20 · KJV
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.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“goeth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“as out of a seething”
H5301to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
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