Job 39:20

18 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?

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.

22 He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

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

Compare

BSB
Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
KJV
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
WEB
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
ASV
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
DARBY
Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
BLB
Can you cause him to rush like a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terror.
ÅB
Lar du den springe som gresshoppen? Dens stolte fnysen er forferdelig.
OTB
Får du ham til å hoppe som en gresshoppe?
Hans majestetiske fnysing er skremmende.
B1930
Lar du den springe som gresshoppen? Dens stolte fnysen er forferdelig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 8:16

    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

    Read in context
  • Joel 2:5

    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

    Read in context
  • Job 41:20–21

    Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

    Read in context