Job 39:15-25

15 It forgets that a foot may crush them or a wild animal may trample them.
16 It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren't its own. It is not afraid that its work is for nothing
17 because God has deprived it of wisdom and did not give it any understanding.
18 It laughs at the horse and its rider when it gets up to flee.
19 "Can you give strength to a horse or dress its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Can you make it leap like a locust, when its snorting causes terror?
21 It paws in strength and finds joy in its power. It charges into battle.
22 It laughs at fear, is afraid of nothing, and doesn't back away from swords.
23 A quiver of arrows rattles on it along with the flashing spear and javelin.
24 Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and doesn't trust the sound of the ram's horn.
25 As often as the horn sounds, the horse says, 'Aha!' and it smells the battle far away-- the thundering [orders] of the captains and the battle cries.

Job 39:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.

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