Job 39:18
When she runs swiftly, 1 she laughs in scorn at the horse and its rider. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 has deprived her of wisdom 1 and has not given her any understanding. 1
19Have you given the horse his strength? 1 Did you clothe his neck with his flowing mane? 1
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: 1 “The virgin daughter of Zion 2 despises you and laughs you to scorn. 1 The daughter of Jerusalem 2 shakes her head at you. 1
Job 39:7He laughs in scorn at the noises in the city; 1 he does not hear the driver's shouts. 1
Job 41:29Clubs are regarded as straw; 1 he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear. 1
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 →