Job 39:22

22 It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

Job 39:22 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:22

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted
At those things which cause fear and fright to men; as arms, though ever so terrible, and armies, though never so numerous;

neither turneth he back from the sword;
the naked sword, when it is drawn against him, and ready to be thrust into him; the horse being so bold and courageous was with the Egyptians a symbol of courage and boldness ^F22.

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FOOTNOTES:

F22 Clement. Alex. Stromat. l. 5. p. 567.

Job 39:22 In-Context

20 Do you make it leap like the locust? [The] majesty of its snorting [is] terrifying.

21 They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet [the] battle.

22 It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

23 Upon it [the] quiver rattles [along with] [the] flash of [the] spear and [the] short sword.

24 With roar and rage {it races over the ground}, and it cannot stand still at [the] sound of [the] horn.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "from faces of"