Job 41:20
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. | Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. | Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| from nostrils its | מִ֭נְּחִירָיו | MI-ne-chi-rav | H5156 | nostrilנָחִיר (ne.chir) nostril |
| it goes forth | יֵצֵ֣א | ye-TZE' | H3318G | to come out: comeיָצָא (ya.tsa) : come/go_out/escape 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth |
| smoke | עָשָׁ֑ן | 'a-SHAN | H6227 | smokeעָשָׁן (a.shan) 1) smoke 1a) smoke 1b) in metaphor, simile 1c) smoke (fig.) |
| like a pot | כְּד֖וּד | ke-DUD | H1731 | potדּוּד (dud) 1) pot, jar, basket, kettle 1a) pot, kettle 1b) basket, jar |
| blown upon | נָפ֣וּחַ | na-FU-ach | H5301 | to breatheנָפַח (na.phach) 1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life) 1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow 1b) (Pual) to be blown 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out |
| and bulrush[es] | וְאַגְמֹֽן׃ | ve-'ag-MON | H0100 | bulrushאַגְמֹן (ag.mon) 1) rush, bulrush 1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre) 1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph) 2) sad, drooping 1a) of line of bulrushes 1b) bowing of the head (fig.) 1c) of the lowly (metaph) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.