Job 39:18
In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
19Have you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Sion has made light of you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Job 39:7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
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 →