Job 41:10
Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
11Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?
Job 3:8Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?
Psalms 2:11Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Ezekiel 8:17And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit these abominations which they have committed here: because they have filled the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me to anger? and behold they put 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 →