Job 39:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. ”

• Job 39:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 law...

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• Job 39:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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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• Job 39:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. She lifteth up herself - When she raiseth up herself to run away. Proofs of the fleetness of this bird have already bee...

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• Job 39:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 op...

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• Job 39:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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: sh...

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• Job 39:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. I...

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• Job 39:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 overt...

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• Job 39:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 make...

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• Job 39:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4 ; the wild...

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• Job 39:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 untameab...

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• Job 39:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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 l...

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• Job 39:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 fli...

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• Job 39:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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...

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• Job 39:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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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• Job 39:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 39:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Description of the Peacock and Ostrich. B. C. 1520.       13 Gavest thou the goodly wings...

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• Job 39:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 o...

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• Job 39:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 rend...

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• Job 39:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 39:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 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 (...

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• Job 39:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 t...

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• Job 39:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 19:21 ; Job 39:22 ; Job 39:7 ; Job 41:29 ; Job 5:22

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• Job 39:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 o...

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