Job 39:20

Translations

Modern

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Traditional

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Literal

Can you cause him to rush like a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terror.

Latin

Numquid suscitabis eum quasi locustas? gloria narium ejus terror.

Original

Hebrew

English

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God 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).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 8:16
The 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.
Job 41:20–21
Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
Joel 2:5
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Beasts: Unclean: Horse God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Horse: Description of Great Strength Insects: Grasshopper Locust: Translated |Grasshopper| The Horse: Fearless The Horse: Loud Snorting of, Alluded To

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