Job 39:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. ”

Job 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The range of the mountains is his pasture - The word rendered “range” יתור yâthûr , means properly a “searching out,” and then that which is obtained by search. The word “range” expresses th...
Job 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. The range of the mountains - The mountains and desert places are his peculiar places of pasture; and he lives on...
Job 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. The range, х yªtuwr ( H3491 )] - literally, searching: 'that which it finds by searching is,' etc.
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Job 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The range of the mountains [is] his pasture ,.... It ranges about the mountains for food; it looks about for it, as the word signifies, and tries first one place and then another to get some, it hav...
Job 39:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. Ver. 8. The range of the mountains is his pasture ] There he keeps, probably, for fear of lions and other fie...
Job 39:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 comparati...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. B. C. 1520....
Job 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The range of the mountains; that which he searcheth out or findeth in the mountains. He prefers that mean provision and hardship with his freedom, before the fattest pastures with servitude. Why so...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - 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 (...
Job 39:8 - 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...
Job 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:29 ; Genesis 1:30 ; Job 40:15 ; Job 40:20-22 ; Psalms 104:27 ; Psalms 104:28 ; Psalms 145:15 ; Psalms 145:16
Job 39:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mountains — He prefers that mean provision with his freedom, before the fattest pastures with servitude.

Job 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 39:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 39:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 39:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 39:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 39:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 39:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 39:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 39:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 39:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 39:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 39:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 39:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 39:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes