Job 39:18
Yet when she lasheth herself up on high, She laugheth at the horse and his rider.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
In Context
17Because God hath denied her wisdom, And hath not given her understanding.
19Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with his trembling mane?
Cross References
Job 39:7He scorneth the tumult of the city, And heedeth not the shouting of the driver;
Job 41:29Clubs are accounted by him as straw; He laugheth at the shaking of the spear.
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 →