Job 39:18
Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
In Context
17For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.
19Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
Job 39:7He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.
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 →