Job 39:21
\39:18\When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
In Context
20\39:17\For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.
22\39:19\Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?
Cross References
Judges 5:22Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.
1 Samuel 17:42And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
Proverbs 21:31The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
Matthew Henry on Job 39:20-26
Description of the War-Horse. ( b. c. 1520.) 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:… Read the whole commentary →