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 DomainASVPD
“Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 41:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 39:20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
- 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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