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HE MOCKETH AT FEAR - He laughs at that which is fitted to intimidate;
that is, he is not afraid.
NEITHER TURNETH HE BACK FROM THE SWORD - He rushes on it without fear.
Of the fact here stated, and th...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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_from the sword_ lit. _because of_, or, _before_the sword....
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The war horse....
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as
displayed in the world of animal life
The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild
goats and the hinds (ch....
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HAST THOU GIVEN THE HORSE STRENGTH, &C.— It is difficult to express
violent motions, which are fleeting and transitory, either in colours
or words. In poetry, it requires great spirit in thought, and...
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2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2)
TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2
39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH?
_Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst...
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_HE MOCKETH AT FEAR, AND IS NOT AFFRIGHTED; NEITHER TURNETH HE BACK
FROM THE SWORD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED)
Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation,
and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of
God. In view of...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 39
GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
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The army horse is like a loyal soldier. In fact, it is better than a
soldier. It is brave. And it is strong. Nothing frightens it.
Ostriches are like cowards! They run away from the battle. But army...
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יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭ פַחַד וְ לֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת וְ
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XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION
Job 38:1 - Job 42:6
THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained
in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job
makes submis...
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“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?”
Job 39:1
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially
with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1;
the wild ass, Job 39:5...
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And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and
birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding
of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
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(19) В¶ 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 vall...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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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...
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He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword.
Ver. 22. _He mocketh at fear, &c._] Heb. He laugheth, by an elegant
prosopopoeia, _a_ such as this Book is full of....
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_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ Hebrew, גבורה, _geburah,
his fortitude_, the courage and generous confidence for which the
horse is highly commended. The reader will observe, that all the great...
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THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER
(vv.1-4)
The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least
aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than
aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
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AT FEAR, i.e. at all instruments and objects of terror, as fear is oft
used, as PROVERBS 1:26, PROVERBS 10:21. He despiseth what other
creatures dread. FROM THE SWORD; or, _because of the sword_; or,...
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Job 39:22 mocks H7832 (H8799) fear H6343 frightened H2865 (H8735) back
H7725 (H8799) from H6440 sword...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about
us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
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Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible
celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She
hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
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_Hast thou given the horse strength?_
THE HIGHER TEACHING OF NATURE
The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is
to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs dis...
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NOTES
Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings
and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the
stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
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EXPOSITION
JOB 39:1
This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job
38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and
wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
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Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can
you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they
fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
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Job 39:16; Job 39:18; Job 41:33...