Job 39:18
16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
- KJV
- What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- WEB
- When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
- ASV
- What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
- DARBY
- What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- BLB
- At the time she lifts herself up on high, she laughs at the horse and at its rider.
- ÅB
- Men når den flakser i været, ler den av hesten og dens rytter.
- OTB
- Når hun tar til vingene,
Spotter hun hesten og dens rytter. - B1930
- Men når den flakser i været, ler den av hesten og dens rytter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 19:21
This 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.
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
Read in contextJob 41:29
A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
Read in contextJob 39:22
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
Read in contextJob 39:7
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
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