John Trapp on Job 41:19

Verſe 19. Out of his mouth go burning lampes] This and thoſe that follow are all hyperbolical expreſſions. Here he is brought in as a ſpit-fire, as the Devil was wont to be in Playes and Pageants. And by this paſſage, ſome conjecture, that not the Whale, but the Sea-dragon is here deſcribed. Let it be what it will, it muſt needs be a great heat within this great Fiſh, that ſendeth forth, as it were, burning lamps, and ſparks of fire; and a ſtrong ſulphurous breath he muſt have like the out-burſts of Aetna, by this deſcription. Ariſtotle ſaith the Whale is of an hot fiery nature; and that he hath Lungs, and breatheth: a pipe or paſſage alſo he hath in his fore-head,Lib. 4. [illegible: 1 word] anim. cap. [illegible: 1 word] whereat he throweth out the water he hath taken in, either by his breathing, or eating. This tranſparent water thus with a force thrown up againſt the Sun-beams, may bear a ſhew of lightning, or burning lamps.