Job 41 · Verse 19

Job 41:19

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

Job 41:19, King James Version

Job 41:19 in other translations

BSB	Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
WEB	Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.
ASV	Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
YLT	Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.
DARBY	Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
BBE	Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
Webster	Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire dart forth.

What does Job 41:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. burning lamps--"torches"; namely, in respiring (Job 41:18), seem to go out.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps - Dr. Young, in his paraphrase, has a sensible note on this passage: - "This is nearer the truth than at first view may be imagined. The crocodile, according to naturalists, lying long under water, and being there forced to hold its breath, when it emerges, the breath long repressed is hot, and bursts out so violently, that it resembles fire and smoke. The horse does not repress his breath by any means so long, neither is he so fierce and animated; yet the most correct of poets ventures to use the same metaphor concerning him, volvit sub naribus ignem. By this I would caution against a false opinion of the boldness of Eastern metaphors, from passages ill understood."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִ֭פִּיוMi.pivfrom mouth itsH6310

לַפִּידִ֣יםla.pi.DimtorchesH3940

יַהֲלֹ֑כוּya.ha.Lo.khuthey goH1980

כִּיד֥וֹדֵיki.Do.deisparks ofH3590

אֵ֝֗שׁ'EshfireH784

יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ\׃yit.ma.La.tuthey escapeH4422

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:19

Psalms 18:8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ps 18:8

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Context

Job 41:18
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job 41:19
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Job 41:20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

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Job 41:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	De su boca salen hachas de fuego; centellas de fuego proceden.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il estime le fer comme de la paille, l’airain comme du bois vermoulu.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der Pfeil jagt ihn nicht in die Flucht, Schleudersteine verwandeln sich ihm in Stoppeln.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius: in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.