21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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.
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-34)God, having in the Job 42:1-6 shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is, I. God’s sovereign dominion and independency laid down, Job 41:11. 1. That he is indebted to none of his creatures. If any pretend he is indebted to them, let them make their demand and prove their debt, and they shall receive it in full and no…
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