Job 39:20

Job 39:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
• New International Version (NIV)Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.

Context of Job 39:20

18Yet when she lifts herself on high, [So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider. 19“Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane? Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust? The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible. 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men]. 22He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:20 word by word

הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה ה֖וֹד נַחְר֣וֹ אֵימָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Canst thou make him afraidרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• as a grasshopperאַרְבֶּה'arbeh · locustH697
• the gloryהוֹדhôd · splendorH1935
• of his nostrilsנַ֫חַרnachar nachărâh · snortingH5170
• terribleאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367

Cross-references for Job 39:20

• Job 41:20Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and [as from] burning rushes.
• Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of [Nebuchadnezzar’s] horses is heard from Dan [on Palestine’s northern border]. At the sound of the neighing of his strong stallions The whole land quakes; For they come and devour the land and all that is in it, The city and those who live in it.

Commentaries on Job 39:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? - Or, rather, “as a locust” - כארבה kā'arbeh This is the word which is commonly applied to the locust considered as gregarious, or as appearing in great numbers (from רבה râbâh “to be multiplied”). On the variety of the species of locusts, see Bochart “Hieroz.” P. ii. Lib. iv. c. 1ff The Hebrew word here rendered “make afraid” (רעשׁ râ‛ash ) means properly “to be moved, to be shaken,” and hence, to tremble…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. make ... afraid--rather, "canst thou (as I do) make him spring as the locust?" So in Joe 2:4, the comparison is between locusts and war-horses. The heads of the two are so similar that the Italians call the locusts cavaletta, "little horse." nostrils--snorting furiously.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:20

• God
• Horse
• Locust

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Harrow
• Horse
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Eagle
• Job, Book of
• Locust

Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings