The Meaning of Job 41:18 Explained

Job 41:18

KJV: By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

YLT: His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn.

Darby: His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

ASV: His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

By his neesings  a light  doth shine,  and his eyes  [are] like the eyelids  of the morning. 

What does Job 41:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 41:1-34 - The Parable Of The Crocodile
The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty suggests his greatness. He is not an animal with whom you can play, or to whom you can speak soft words, or whose skin can be reached withsharpened weapons. His scales, Job 41:12-17; his eyes, mouth, and nostrils, Job 41:18-24; his fearlessness of human attack, Job 41:25-29; his power to lash the sea into a fury, making it to boil, Job 41:30-34 -each of these features is described in graphic terms.
As before, it is clear that the object is to throw into strong contrast the puniness and littleness of man. We may not be so much given to speculations about the organic world in which we live. But we are able to appreciate the argument. Surely He who tells the number of the stars, and weighs the mountains in scales, will have His pathway through the deep, and His footsteps in mighty waters. Being all that He is, He cannot but baffle the eye of man, but the heart can fully trust Him. We know that He does all things well. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 41

1  Of God's great power in the leviathan

What do the individual words in Job 41:18 mean?

His sneezings flash forth light and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning
עֲ‍ֽ֭טִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֣הֶל א֑וֹר וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־ שָֽׁחַר

עֲ‍ֽ֭טִישֹׁתָיו  His  sneezings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֲטִישָׁה  
Sense: sneezing.
תָּ֣הֶל  flash  forth 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
א֑וֹר  light 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.
וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו  and  his  eyes  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־  like  the  eyelids 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, mdc
Root: עַפְעַפַּיִם  
Sense: eyelid.
שָֽׁחַר  of  the  morning 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁחַר  
Sense: dawn.

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