Job 41:10
\41:19\Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
In Context
9\41:18\His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.
11\41:20\Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
Job 3:8Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
Psalms 2:11Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,
Ezekiel 8:17Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.
Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11
Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part… Read the whole commentary →