29 A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance. 30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
Job 41:29–31
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Job 36:29–31
29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? 30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
Job 16:13–15
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. 15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Psalms 97:3–5
3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. 4 His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Job 41:19–21
19 Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth! 20 Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. 21 His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
Lamentations 3:15–17
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. 16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. 17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Habakkuk 3:14–16
14 With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. 15 You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters. 16 I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the so…
Job 26:11–13
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. 12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. 13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Job 39:19–21
19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? 20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? 21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
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