Job 41:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.”

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BSBPD

“Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 41:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 39:20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
  2. Jeremiah 1:13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

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