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Job 41:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— His breath kindleth coales, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Out of his nostrils goes smoke, like a flame spreading round the sides of a pot.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
His breath 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
kindleth 3857
{3857} Prime
לָהַט
lahat
{law-hat'}
A primitive root; properly to lick, that is, (by implication) to blaze.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
coals, 1513
{1513} Prime
גֶּחֶל
gechel
{geh'-khel}
From an unused root meaning to glow or kindle; an ember.
and a flame 3851
{3851} Prime
לַהַב
lahab
{lah'-hab}
From an unused root meaning to gleam, a flash; figuratively a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon.
goeth out 3318
{3318} Prime
יָצָא
yatsa'
{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
of his mouth. 6310
{6310} Prime
פֶּה
peh
{peh}
From H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 41:21

_ _ kindleth coals — poetical imagery (Psalms 18:8).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 41:11-34.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 41:21

Kindleth coals — An hyperbolical expression, denoting extraordinary heat.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Psalms 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalms 18:12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
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.
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Ps 18:8, 12. Is 30:33. Hab 3:5.

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