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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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He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted, the excitement of the battle
rather taking hold of him, NEITHER TURNETH HE BACK FROM THE SWORD....
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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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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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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...