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 proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. 19Do 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? 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:20 word by word

הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה ה֖וֹד נַחְר֣וֹ אֵימָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Do you make him leapרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• like a locustאַרְבֶּה'arbeh · locustH697
• terrorאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367
• with his proudהוֹדhôd · splendorH1935
• snortingנַ֫חַרnachar nachărâh · snortingH5170

Cross-references for Job 39:20

• Job 41:20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
• Jeremiah 8:16The 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.

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