Job 41:10
Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
In Context
9His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
11Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?
Job 3:8May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.
Job 9:4He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
Ezekiel 8:17And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you have seen. Can this be so trivial to the house of Judah, when they commit these abominations, just as they have committed here, that, having filled the earth with iniquity, they now turn to provoke me? And behold, they are applying a branch to their 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 →