Job 41:20

20 De sus narices sale humo, como de una olla que hierve sobre juncos encendidos.

Job 41:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:20

Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, as [out] of a seething
pot or caldron.
] In which flesh or anything else is boiling. It is observed that there is a likeness between the crocodile and the river horse, and particularly in their breathing ^F21: and of the former it is remarked ^F23, that its nostrils are very large and open, and that they breathe out a fiery smoke, as out of a furnace.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F21 Plin. l. 48. c. 8. Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 8. c. 2.
F23 Achilles Statius & Eustathius, apud Scheuchzer: ut supra. (vol. 4. p. 849.)

Job 41:20 In-Context

18 Sus estornudos dan destellos de luz, y sus ojos son como los párpados del alba.

19 De su boca salen antorchas, chispas de fuego saltan.

20 De sus narices sale humo, como de una olla que hierve sobre juncos encendidos.

21 Su aliento enciende carbones, y una llama sale de su boca.

22 En su cuello reside el poder, y salta el desaliento delante de él.