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Verse Job 39:7. _HE SCORNETH THE MULTITUDE_] He is so swift that he
cannot be run or hunted down. See the description in Job 39:5....
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HE SCORNETH THE MULTITUDE OF THE CITY - That is, he sets all this at
defiance; he is not intimidated by it. He finds his home far away from
the city in the wild freedom of the wilderness.
NEITHER REGA...
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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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The verse reads,
He scorneth the tumult of the city,
And heareth not the shoutings of the driver.
The wild ass is frequently referred to in the poetry of the Arabs,
who were passionately fond of hu...
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The wild ass. Who gave the wild ass his freedom and his indomitable
love of liberty who scorns the noise of cities and laughs at the
shouts of the driver, which his tame brother obeys? The point of th...
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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 MULTITUDE OF THE CITY— Or, _The thronged city._...
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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 SCORNETH THE MULTITUDE OF THE CITY, NEITHER REGARDETH HE THE
CRYING OF THE DRIVER._
Multitude - rather, din: he sets it at defiance, being far away from
it in the freedom of the wilderness.
DRI...
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The animals in these verses are called goats, donkeys and oxen. (Oxen
is the plural of ox.) These animals are common animals on the farms in
many countries. On the farm, these are tame animals. But Go...
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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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A tame donkey is a loyal animal. It is a small horse that can carry
heavy loads. But the wild donkey does not obey any man’s orders. It
is not like the army horse, which fights men’s battles (verses
1...
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THE CRYING OF THE DRIVER. — Or, _the shoutings of the taskmaster._
The word is the same as is applied to the taskmasters of Egypt, and
this suggests the question whether or not there may be a reminisc...
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יִ֭שְׂחַק לַ הֲמֹ֣ון קִרְיָ֑ה
תְּשֻׁאֹ֥ות נֹ֝וגֵ֗שׂ...
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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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(5) Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands
of the wild ass? (6) Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the
barren land his dwellings. (7) He scorneth the multitude of t...
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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 SCORNETH THE MULTITUDE OF THE CITY,.... Choosing rather to be alone
in the wilderness and free than to be among a multitude of men in a
city, and be a slave as the tame ass; or it despises and defi...
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying
of the driver.
Ver. 7. _He scorneth the multitude of the city_] Heb. He laugheth.
_Insignis metaphora._ He would scorn to be set...
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_Whose house I have made the wilderness_ Which uses and loves to dwell
in desert lands; _and the barren land his dwellings_ Called barren,
not simply, for then he must be starved there, but comparativ...
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, mocking at the clamor of the
city, NEITHER REGARDETH HE THE CRYING OF THE DRIVER, paying no
attention to the shouts which the domesticated ass and the mule must...
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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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OF THE DRIVER:
_ Heb._ of the exactor...
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HE SCORNETH; either,
1. He feareth them not when they pursue him, because he is swift, and
can easily escape them. Or,
2. He values them not, nor any provisions or advantages which he may
have from...
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Job 39:7 scorns H7832 (H8799) tumult H1995 city H7151 heed H8085
(H8799) shouts H8663 driver H5065 ...
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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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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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Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:18; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 58:3; Job 3:18;...
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Scorneth — He feareth them not when they pursue him, because he is
swift, and can easily escape them. Driver — He will not be brought
to receive his yoke, nor to do his drudgery....