Job 39:19

And think about horses. Job, are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing ◄manes/long hair► on their necks?

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Hath thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

In Context

18But, 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!

20Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they ◄snort/blow loudly through their noses►, they cause people to be afraid.

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Cross References

Job 39:25They neigh joyfully when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands to their soldiers.

Psalms 33:17It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders.

Psalms 104:1I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!

Mark 3:17James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the younger brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, ‘Men who are like Thunder’. because of their fiery zeal;

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 →

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