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The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

Job 41:18

In 11 translations

BSB
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
KJV
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
WEB
His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
ASV
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
LSV
His sneezings cause light to shine, || And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
YLT
His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
DBY
His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
DRC41:9
His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
GNV41:9
His niesings make the light to shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
JPS41:10
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
LXXE41:10
At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.

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Original-language editions

WLC41:10
עֲֽ֭טִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֣הֶל א֑וֹר וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃KJV:Job.41.18
LXX-Br41:10
Ἐν πταρμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγος, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἶδος Ἑωσφόρου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 3:9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
  • Revelation 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 41:10 in some Bibles
  • 41:18 in most Bibles

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