Job 39:18
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Majority Standard Bible
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; He has not endowed her with understanding.
19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Job 41:29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
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 →