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CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER? - Or, rather, “as a
locust” - כארבה _kā'arbeh_. This is the word which is
commonly applied to the locust considered as gregarious, or as
appearing in grea...
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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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AFRAID. leap.
GRASSHOPPER. locust.
NOSTRILS. snorting....
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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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The verbs are better put in the present.
19. Dost thou give strength to the horse?
Dost thou clothe his neck with trembling?
20. Dost thou make him leap like the locust?
The glory of his snorting...
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The war horse....
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The comparison of the horse to the locust is not uncommon, Joel 2:4;
Revelation 9:7. The picture of the horse is taken at the moment
immediately preceding the onset, and thus his "bounding" and
"snort...
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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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_CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER? THE GLORY OF HIS
NOSTRILS IS TERRIBLE._
Make ... afraid - rather, 'canst thou (as I do) make him spring as
the locust х_ RAA`ASH_ (H7493) unites the mean...
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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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AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER] RV 'to leap as a locust.' NOSTRILS] RV
'snorting.'...
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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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CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER? — Rather, _Hast thou
made him to leap as a locust?
_...
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הְֽ֭ תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּ † אַרְבֶּ֑ה
הֹ֖וד נַחְרֹ֣ו...
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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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_Up. Hebrew, "frighten," (Haydock) or "make him leap." (Bochart)
(Calmet) --- Nostrils. Septuagint, "of his chest, or shoulders, is
boldness." (Haydock) --- This inspires the rider with courage, and t...
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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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CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID AS A GRASSHOPPER?.... 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...
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils
[is] terrible.
Ver. 20. _Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?_] Which soon
flincheth and flieth with the least noise. Bu...
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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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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper, rather, make him leap or
gallop like the locust? THE GLORY OF HIS NOSTRILS IS TERRIBLE; when he
snorts, it strikes terror to the heart....
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V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING
FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the
mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the
travai...
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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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AS A GRASSHOPPER; which is easily affrighted, and chased away by the
least noise of a man. Or, as divers others render the place, _Didst
thou make him to move like a grasshopper_, skipping and leaping...
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Job 39:20 frighten H7493 (H8686) locust H697 majestic H1935 snorting
H5170 terror H367
the glory -...
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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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Jeremiah 8:16; Job 41:20; Job 41:21...