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John Gill's Exposition on Job 41:20

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.] In which flesh or anything else is boiling. It is observed that there is a likeness between the crocodile and the river horse, and particularly in their breathing f1556: and of the former it is remarked f1557, that its nostrils are very large and open, and that they breathe out a fiery smoke, as out of a furnace.
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