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Job 41:20

Job 41:20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. In which flesh or anything else is boiling.…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke - See the quotations on Job 41:19. This appearance of the crocodile, or alligator, has…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 41:11-34

God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

as out of a seething pot or caldron Rather perhaps, like a seething pot with rushes, i. e. with a fire of rushes.

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