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Job 41:21

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

KJV

Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.

Vulgate

ἡ στρωμνὴ αὐτοῦ ὀβελίσκοι ὀξεῖς, πᾶς δὲ χρυσὸς θαλάσσης ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ πηλὸς ἀμύθητος.

LXX

His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

ASV

כְּ֭/קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝/יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְ/רַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
כִיד֥וֹן
kydvn
noun · 9×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
קַ֖שׁ
qsh
noun · 15×
רַ֣עַשׁ
r'sh
noun · 17×
תוֹתָ֑ח
tvtch
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 40:7 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
  • Ps 18:8 — There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.