Job 39:18
But when she needs to, she can jump up and run, mocking a horse and its rider with her speed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
In Context
17For I, God, made her forget wisdom—she didn't get her share of intelligence.
19Did you give the horse its strength? Did you place a mane upon its neck?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word the Lord condemning him: The virgin daughter of Zion scorns you and mocks you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you run away.
Job 39:7It despises the noise of the city; it doesn't need to listen to the shouts of a driver.
Job 41:29Clubs are also treated like stubble; it laughs at the sound made by flying spears.
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 →