Job 39:19
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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 delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Read in contextPsalms 93:1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Read in contextPsalms 104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Read in contextJob 39:25
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Read in contextExodus 15:1
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Read in contextMark 3:17
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
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