Job 39:20

20 cause him to leap like a locust, his majestic snorting, a fright?

Job 39:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:20

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
&c.] 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 leap like a grasshopper? that is, hast thou given, or canst thou give him the faculty of leaping over hedges and ditches, for which the horse is famous? so Neptune's war horses are said ^F17 to be (euskarymoi) , good leapers;

the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible:
which may be understood of his sneezing, snorting, pawing, and neighing, when his nostrils are broad, spread, and enlarged; and especially when enraged and in battle, when he foams and fumes, and his breath comes out of his nostrils like smoke {r}, and is very terrible.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Homeri Iliad. 13. v. 31.
F18 "Iguescunt patulae nares". Claudian. in 4. Consul. Honor.

Job 39:20 In-Context

18 When she flaps her wings high, she laughs at horse and rider.

19 Did you give strength to the horse, clothe his neck with a mane,

20 cause him to leap like a locust, his majestic snorting, a fright?

21 He paws in the valley, prances proudly, charges at battle weapons,

22 laughs at fear, unafraid. He doesn't turn away from the sword;