Job 41 · Verse 21

Job 41:21

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Job 41:21, King James Version

Job 41:21 in other translations

BSBHis breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
WEBHis breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.
ASVHis breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
YLTHis breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
DARBYHis breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
BBEHis breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
WebsterHis breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.

What does Job 41:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. kindleth coals--poetical imagery (Psa 18:8).

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

Job 41:21 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.

נַ֭פְשׁוֹnaf.shobreath itsH5315
גֶּחָלִ֣יםge.cha.LimcoalsH1513
תְּלַהֵ֑טte.la.Hetit kindlesH3857
וְ֝לַ֗הַבve.La.havand a flameH3851
מִפִּ֥יוmi.Pivfrom mouth itsH6310
יֵצֵֽא\׃ye.Tze'it goes forthH3318

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

Cross references for Job 41:21

  • Psalms 18:8

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

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • Habakkuk 3:5

    Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

  • Psalms 18:12

    At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 18:8,12; Isa 30:33; Hab 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 41:20

    Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

  • Job 41:21

    His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Job 41:22

    In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

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Job 41:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Su aliento enciende los carbones, y de su boca sale llama.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il estime la massue comme du chaume, et il se rit du bruit du javelot.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Unter ihm sind scharfe Scherben; einen Dreschschlitten breitet er hin auf den Schlamm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.