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Verse Job 39:18. _SHE LIFTETH UP HERSELF_] _When she raiseth up
herself to_ _run away_. Proofs of the fleetness of this bird have
already been given. It neither flies nor runs distinctly, but has a
mo...
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WHAT TIME SHE LIFTETH UP HERSELF ON HIGH - In the previous verses
reference had been made to the fact that in some important respects
the ostrich was inferior to other animals, or had special laws in...
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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)
Job 38:39. God's own...
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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. Jo...
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GOODLY WINGS UNTO THE PEACOCKS— Bochart seems to have proved, beyond
all dispute, that the word rendered _peacocks_ signifies _ostriches;_
and the following description entirely agrees with that opini...
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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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_WHAT TIME SHE LIFTETH UP HERSELF ON HIGH, SHE SCORNETH THE HORSE AND
HIS RIDER._
Not withstanding her deficiences, she has distinguishing, excellences.
LIFTETH ... HERSELF - for running: she canno...
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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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SHE LIFTETH UP HERSELF. — That is, either from the nest when she
comes to maturity, or when she sets out to run. The ostrich has a
habit of running in a curve, which alone enables horsemen to overtake...
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כָּ֭ † עֵת בַּ † מָּרֹ֣ום תַּמְרִ֑יא
תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק לַ֝ † סּ֗וּס וּ לְ
רֹֽכְבֹֽו׃...
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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 submi...
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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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What (l) time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
(l) When the young ostrich is grown up, he outruns the horse....
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_High. With her head erect, the ostrich is taller than a man on
horseback. (Pliny x. 1.) --- Its wings are used like sails, and enable
it to run as fast as many birds can fly, (Calmet0 while it hurls...
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(12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and
gather it into thy barn? (13) В¶ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto
the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (14) Which
le...
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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, a...
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WHAT TIME SHE LIFTED UP HERSELF ON HIGH,.... It is sometimes eight
foot high l; when alarmed with approaching danger she raises up
herself, being sitting on the ground, and erects her wings for flight...
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_What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and
his rider._
Ver. 18. _What time she lifteth up herself on high, &c._] That is,
when she runneth away from the hunter (which she d...
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_What time she lifteth up herself on high_ Or, as Dr. Shaw more
properly renders this clause, _When she raiseth herself up to run
away_, namely, from her pursuers. For which purpose she stretches out...
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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 Jo...
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SHE LIFTETH UP HERSELF ON HIGH, to flee from her pursuer; to which end
she lifteth up her head and body, and spreads her wings. SHE SCORNETH
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER she despiseth them in regard of her...
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Job 39:18 When H6256 lifts H4754 (H8686) high H4791 scorns H7832
(H8799) horse H5483 rider H7392 (H8802)
Job 39:7, Job 39:22, Job 5:22, Job 41:29; 2 Kings 19:21...
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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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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 39:18 ROUSES HERSELF TO FLEE. The ostrich easily
outruns the fearless warhorse. As it flees, the ostrich takes strides
of over 15 feet (4.6 m) in length and reaches speeds of more than...
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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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2 Kings 19:21; Job 39:22; Job 39:7; Job 41:29; Job 5:22...
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Lifteth — To flee from her pursuer: to which end she lifts up her
head and body, and spreads her wings. Scorneth — She despises them
thro' her swiftness; for though she cannot fly, yet by the aid of h...