Job 41:18
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
BSB
ASV
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
KJV
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
By his neesings a light doth shine,.... The philosopher (i) observes, that those who look to the sun are more apt to sneeze: and it is taken notice of by various writers (k), that the crocodile delights to be sunning itself, and lying yawning in the sun and looking at it, as quoted by Bochart; and so frequently sneeze: which sneezings, through the rays of the sun, may seem to shine and give light.
By his neesings a light doth shine - It is very likely that this may be taken literally. When he spurts up the water out of his nostrils, the drops form a sort of iris or rainbow. We have seen this effect produced when, in certain situations and state of the atmosphere, water was thrown up forcibly, so as to be broken into small drops, which has occasioned an appearance like the rainbow.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Revelation 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
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His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of…
As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.…
He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
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Job 3:9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
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But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.