Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 39:20
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? — Rather, Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? — Rather, Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?
CANST 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 grea...
CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30 _ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_ 2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1) 3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
AFRAID. leap. GRASSHOPPER. locust. NOSTRILS. snorting....
The comparison of the horse to the locust is not uncommon, Joel 2:4; Revelation 9:7. The picture of the horse is taken at the moment immediately preceding the onset, and thus his "bounding" and "snort...
The war horse....
The verbs are better put in the present. 19. Dost thou give strength to the horse? Dost thou clothe his neck with trembling? 20. Dost thou make him leap like the locust? The glory of his snorting...
Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....
HAST THOU GIVEN THE HORSE STRENGTH, &C.— It is difficult to express violent motions, which are fleeting and transitory, either in colours or words. In poetry, it requires great spirit in thought, and...
2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2) TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2 39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH? _Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst...
_CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER? THE GLORY OF HIS NOSTRILS IS TERRIBLE._ Make ... afraid - rather, 'canst thou (as I do) make him spring as the locust х_ RAA`ASH_ (H7493) unites the mean...
AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER] RV 'to leap as a locust.' NOSTRILS] RV 'snorting.'...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. In view of...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 39 GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
The army horse is like a loyal soldier. In fact, it is better than a soldier. It is brave. And it is strong. Nothing frightens it. Ostriches are like cowards! They run away from the battle. But army...
הְֽ֭ תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּ † אַרְבֶּ֑ה הֹ֖וד נַחְרֹ֣ו...
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...
“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?” Job 39:1 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1; the wild ass, Job 39:5...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
_Up. Hebrew, "frighten," (Haydock) or "make him leap." (Bochart) (Calmet) --- Nostrils. Septuagint, "of his chest, or shoulders, is boldness." (Haydock) --- This inspires the rider with courage, and t...
(19) В¶ Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? (20) Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. (21) He paweth in the vall...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER?.... Which is frightened at every noise, and at any approach of men; but not so the horse; or canst thou move him, or cause him to skip and jump, or rather...
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible. Ver. 20. _Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?_] Which soon flincheth and flieth with the least noise. Bu...
_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ Hebrew, גבורה, _geburah, his fortitude_, the courage and generous confidence for which the horse is highly commended. The reader will observe, that all the great...
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper, rather, make him leap or gallop like the locust? THE GLORY OF HIS NOSTRILS IS TERRIBLE; when he snorts, it strikes terror to the heart....
V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the travai...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
TERRIBLE: _ Heb._ terror...
AS A GRASSHOPPER; which is easily affrighted, and chased away by the least noise of a man. Or, as divers others render the place, _Didst thou make him to move like a grasshopper_, skipping and leaping...
Job 39:20 frighten H7493 (H8686) locust H697 majestic H1935 snorting H5170 terror H367 the glory -...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ THE HIGHER TEACHING OF NATURE The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs dis...
NOTES Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
EXPOSITION JOB 39:1 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
Jeremiah 8:16; Job 41:20; Job 41:21...