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Job 39:18
18But when an ostrich begins to run, it can run very fast. It can run faster than a horse and someone who rides on it.
Job 39:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.
Context of Job 39:18
16She does not take care of her babies, as if they did not belong to her. She does not worry that all her work might be useless. 17This is because I did not give wisdom to ostriches. I did not give them minds that understand things. But when an ostrich begins to run, it can run very fast. It can run faster than a horse and someone who rides on it. 19Did you, Job, give horses their strength? Did you give them the long hair that they have on their necks? 20You did not make horses able to jump like locusts. They frighten people when they blow air out through their noses.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:18 word by word
כָּ֭עֵת בַּמָּר֣וֹם תַּמְרִ֑יא תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק לַ֝סּ֗וּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:18
- Job 39:7They stay far away from the busy cities. They do not allow anyone to make them work.
- Job 5:22In times of danger and famine, you will be brave. You will not be afraid of wild animals.
- Job 41:29If you hit it with a heavy stick, that hurts it no more than a piece of straw. If you throw a spear at it, it laughs!
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the Lord's reply. The Lord says this about King Sennacherib: “The holy people of Zion laugh at you! They think that you are useless. Yes, the people of Jerusalem shake their heads as you run away.
Commentaries on Job 39:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18She lifteth up herself - When she raiseth up herself to run away. Proofs of the fleetness of this bird have already been given. It neither flies nor runs distinctly, but has a motion composed of both; and, using its wings as sails, makes great speed. So Claudian: - Vasta velut Libyae venantum vocibus ales Cum premitur, calidas cursu transmittit arenas, Inque modum veli sinuatis flamine pennis Pulverulenta volat. "Xenophon says, Cyrus had horses that could…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18What time she lifteth up herself on high - In the previous verses reference had been made to the fact that in some important respects the ostrich was inferior to other animals, or had special laws in regard to its habits and preservation. Here the attention is called to the fact that, notwithstanding its inferiority in some respects, it had properties such as to command the highest admiration. Its lofty carriage, the rapidity of its flight, and the proud…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18laughs at the horse and its rider: See 39:7, 22; 41:29.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Notwithstanding her deficiencies, she has distinguishing excellences. lifteth ... herself--for running; she cannot mount in the air. Gesenius translates: "lashes herself" up to her course by flapping her wings. The old versions favor English Version, and the parallel "scorneth" answers to her proudly "lifting up herself."Read the comment
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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
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