Job 39:18
But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
In Context
17That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
Job 39:7They do not like the noise in the cities; in the desert they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
Job 41:29They are not afraid of clubs any more than they would be afraid of men throwing bits of straw at them, and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins being thrown at them.
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 →