Job 39:19

17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

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?

21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
KJV
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
WEB
“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
ASV
Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
DARBY
Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
BLB
Have you given the horse strength? Did you clothe his neck with a mane?
ÅB
Gir du hesten styrke? Klær du dens hals med bevrende man?
OTB
«Gir du hesten styrke?
Pryder du hans hals med en flytende man?
B1930
Gir du hesten styrke? Klær du dens hals med bevrende man?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 147:10

    He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

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  • Psalms 93:1

    The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

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  • Psalms 104:1

    Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

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  • Job 39:25

    At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

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  • Exodus 15:1

    Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

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  • Mark 3:17

    James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

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