Job 41:20

20 Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.

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.

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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 Light flashes when he sneezes, and his eyes glow like the rising sun.

19 Flames blaze from his mouth, and streams of sparks fly out.

20 Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.

21 His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth.

22 His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.