Job 41:20

20 Lanza humo por la nariz,como olla hirviendo sobre un fuego de juncos.

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 Resopla y lanza deslumbrantes relámpagos;sus ojos se parecen a los rayos de la aurora.

19 Ascuas de fuego brotan de su hocico;chispas de lumbre salen disparadas.

20 Lanza humo por la nariz,como olla hirviendo sobre un fuego de juncos.

21 Con su aliento enciende los carbones,y lanza fuego por la boca.

22 En su cuello radica su fuerza;ante él, todo el mundo pierde el ánimo.