OLD TESTAMENT

Job 41:20

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Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

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Verse 20. Hammer. Septuagint σφυρα, means also, “the bottom of a rock.” This would not overwhelm the whale; as some are represented like floating islands. Prot. “darts.” Bible.—Chal. “axe.” Others have, “the ballista;” an instrument to throw stones. Calmet.

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