Job 41:20

20 Une fumée sort de ses narines, Comme d'un vase qui bout, d'une chaudière ardente.

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 Ses éternuements font briller la lumière; Ses yeux sont comme les paupières de l'aurore.

19 Des flammes jaillissent de sa bouche, Des étincelles de feu s'en échappent.

20 Une fumée sort de ses narines, Comme d'un vase qui bout, d'une chaudière ardente.

21 Son souffle allume les charbons, Sa gueule lance la flamme.

22 La force a son cou pour demeure, Et l'effroi bondit au-devant de lui.