God’s Word Translation
Job 39:18
18It laughs at the horse and its rider when it gets up to flee.
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
16It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren’t its own. It is not afraid that its work is for nothing 17because God has deprived it of wisdom and did not give it any understanding. It laughs at the horse and its rider when it gets up to flee. 19“Can you give strength to a horse or dress its neck with a flowing mane? 20Can you make it leap like a locust, when its snorting causes terror?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:18 word by word
כָּ֭עֵת בַּמָּר֣וֹם תַּמְרִ֑יא תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק לַ֝סּ֗וּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:18
- Job 39:7It laughs at the noise of the city and doesn’t ⌞even⌟ listen to the shouting of its master.
- Job 5:22“You will be able to laugh at destruction and starvation, so do not be afraid of wild animals on the earth.
- Job 41:29It considers clubs to be like stubble, and it laughs at a rattling javelin.
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the message that the Lord speaks to him, ‘My dear people in Zion despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back.
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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