Job 39:18
The time she lifts up herself on high she scorns the horse and his rider.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
In Context
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.
19Have thou given the horse [his] might? Have thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver.
Job 41:29Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:14-19
Description of the Peacock and Ostrich. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 18 What time she… Read the whole commentary →