Job 39:19
Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hath thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
In Context
18At the time she lifts herself up on high, || She laughs at the horse and his rider.
20Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
Cross References
Job 39:25Among the horns he says, Aha, || And from afar he smells battle, || Roaring of princes and shouting.
Psalms 33:17A false thing [is] the horse for safety, || And he does not deliver || By the abundance of his strength.
Psalms 104:1Bless, O my soul, YHWH! YHWH, my God, || You have been very great, || You have put on splendor and majesty.
Mark 3:17and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and He put on them names—Boanerges, that is, “Sons of thunder”;
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 →