Job 41:20

20 quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum et deridebit vibrantem hastam

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 reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum et quasi lignum putridum aes

19 non fugabit eum vir sagittarius in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae

20 quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum et deridebit vibrantem hastam

21 sub ipso erunt radii solis sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum

22 fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt