Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Job›Chapter 41

The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

Job 41:21

In 11 translations

BSB
His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
KJV
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
WEB
His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.
ASV
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
LSV
His breath sets coals on fire, || And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
YLT
His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
DBY
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
DRC41:12
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
GNV41:12
His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.
JPS41:13
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
LXXE41:13
His breath is as live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC41:13
נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃KJV:Job.41.21
LXX-Br41:13
Ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἄνθρακες, φλὸξ δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται·

Who and where

◆ Job's Trial

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
  • Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
  • Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
  • Psalms 18:12From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 41:13 in some Bibles
  • 41:21 in most Bibles

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑