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Job 39:19-25

King James Version (KJV)

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19. 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 valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet. 25. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:19-25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 39:19

Theological / Devotional

Horse. Verses 19-25 describe the war horse. The following quotation from Virgil resembles this vivid picture:

“But, at the clash of arms, his ear afar

Drinks the deep sound and vibrates to the war;

Flames from each nostril roll in gathered stream,

His quivering limbs with restless motion gleam;

O’er his right shoulder, floating frill and fair,

Sweeps his thick mane and spreads his pomp of hair;

Swift works his double spine, and earth around

Rings to his solid hoof that wears the ground.”

Thunder. Hebrew ra‘mah, the meaning of which is uncertain. Some have taken the word to designate the mane of the horse. Ra‘mah is the feminine form of the word translated “thunder” in verse 25, but it is doubtful that the feminine form has the same meaning as the masculine. The picture is that of the excitement and eagerness of the war horse when, with arched neck, he charges into the battle.

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